Sphyraena intermedia sp. nov. (Pisces: Sphyraenidae): a potential new species of barracuda identified from the central Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1299-1303

  Pastore, Michele A ^a  

^a Istituto per Lo Studio Degli Ambienti Marini Costieri (IAMCCNR) di Taranto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gulf of Taranto; Mediterranean Sea; New species; Sphyraena intermedia; Sphyraenidae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BODY SHAPE; DENTITION; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NEW SPECIES; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM;

GULF OF TARANTO; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA VIRIDENSIS; SPHYRAENIDAE;

EID: 74149086370     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000575     Document Type: Article

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