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Cybium,
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Internationale dIchtyologie |
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NOTE ICHTYOLOGIQUE First
record of a tropical affinity mullet, Mugil curema (Mugilidae),
in a temperate southwestern Atlantic coastal lagoon Mariano GONZÁLEZ CASTRO (1, 2), Juan M. DÍAZ DE ASTARLOA (1, 3) & María B. COUSSEAU (1) (1) Departamento
de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad
Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, B7602AYL Mar del Plata, ARGENTINA.
Abstract.
- We report the occurrence of six specimens of white mullet Mugil
curema Valenciennes, 1836 at Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Argentina
(37°32S-57°19W). This is the southernmost record for
the species in the western Atlantic and the first record from Argentinean
waters. Morphometric and meristic characters of the six specimens are
included. |
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