Occurrence of the Monrovian surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae (Osteichthyes: Acanthuridae) off the coast of Tunisia (central Mediterranean)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-335

  Ben Souissi, Jamila ^a   Diatta, Youssouph ^b   Gargouri Ben Abdallah, Lamia ^c   Capapé, Christian ^d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta DIOP   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthuridae; Acanthurus monroviae; First record; Mediterranean Sea; Osteichthyes; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COASTAL ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOMETRY; NEW RECORD; PERCIFORM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

GULF OF TUNIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNISIA;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; OSTEICHTHYES;

EID: 79960199605     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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