First confirmed record of Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1183-1186

  Akyol, O ^a   Unal V ^a   Ceyhan, T ^a   Bilecenoglu, M ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lagocephalus sceleratus; Lessepsian migration; Mediterranean; Tetraodontidae

Indexed keywords

FISH; MIGRATION; NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; LAGOCEPHALUS; LAGOCEPHALUS SCELERATUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 17244361973     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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