First record of the lessepsian migrant species Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) in the central mediterranean

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-52

  Jribi, Imed ^a   Bradai, Mohamed Nejmeddine ^b  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b National Institute of Sea Sciences and Technologies   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean; Gulf of Gab s; Lagocephalus sceleratus; Lessepsian species; Tetraodontidae; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873966357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2012.1.1.11     Document Type: Article

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