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First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2013

Ernesto Azzurro ,
Luis Peña-Rivas ,
Domingo Lloris  and
Michel Bariche
Ernesto Azzurro*
Affiliation:
ISPRA, National Institute of Environmental Protection and Research, Sts Livorno, Piazzale dei Marmi 2, 57123 Livorno, Italy
Luis Peña-Rivas
Affiliation:
Área de Gestión Sanitaria Sur de Granada (SAS, Junta de Andalucía), Avenida Martín Cuevas, s/n, 18600 Motril, Granada, Spain
Domingo Lloris
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37–49, E-08003 Barcelona, Spain
Michel Bariche
Affiliation:
American University of Beirut, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, PO Box 11–0236 Beirut, Lebanon
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: E. Azzurro, ISPRA, National Institute of Environmental Protection and Research, Sts Livorno, Piazzale dei Marmi 2, 57123 Livorno, Italy email: eazzurr@gmail.com
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Abstract

The sea chub Kyphosus incisor is an herbivorous fish, native of the Atlantic Ocean. So far, it has been reported only once from Mediterranean waters, along the Ligurian coast, in 2009. Here we document an earlier Mediterranean record of this species, which was captured in the vicinity of Almuñécar (Granada, western Mediterranean Sea) in June 1998.

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sea chubsAtlantic immigrationMediterraneanfirst record
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e98
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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