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New record of the scalloped ribbon fish, Zu cristatus (Osteichthyes: Trachipteridae) in Tunisian waters (central Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M.N. Bradai  and
Ali El Ouaer
M.N. Bradai*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Marines de l'Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, B.P. 1035 Sfax 3018 Sfax, Tunisie
Ali El Ouaer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Marines de l'Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, B.P. 1035 Sfax 3018 Sfax, Tunisie
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.N. Bradai, Laboratoire Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Marines de, l'Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, B.P. 1035 Sfax 3018 Sfax, Tunisie emails: mednejmeddine.bradai@instm.rnrt.tn/Mohamednejmeddine@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

The scalloped ribbon fish Zu cristatus is a rarely recorded mesopelagic fish species. In this note we confirm its occurrence in the Tunisian waters of the southern Mediterranean. The capture of young Z. cristatus in Tunisia in October and December is in agreement with the proposed seasonal life cycle of the species in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

TrachipteridaeZu cristatusTunisiacentral Mediterraneannew record
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e59
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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