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Cybium,
International Journal of Ichthyology |
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ICHTHYOLOGICAL NOTE On the
occurrence of the Pors goatfish, Upeneus pori (Mullidae)
in southern Tunisia (central Mediterranean) Jamila BEN SOUISSI (1), Hamadi MEJRI (1), Jeanne ZAOUALI (1) & Christian CAPAPÉ (2) (1) Département
des Ressources animales, halieutiques et des technologies agroalimentaires,
Institut national agronomique de Tunisie, 43 avenue Charles-Nicolle, Cité
Mahrajène, 1082 Tunis, TUNISIE. Abstract.
- One specimen of Pors goatfish, Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia
& Golani, 1989 is recorded for the first time off the coasts of Tunisia,
in the Bahiret El Biban, a hyperhalione lagoon close to the Gulf of Gabès,
in southern Tunisia. Morphometric measurements and meristic counts of
the species are given, together with a short description. U. pori
is one of the Lessepsian migrant fish which are observed in the Tunisian
waters for several decades. |
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