On the occurrence of the silverstripe blaasop Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) along the Libyan coast

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-127

  Milazzo, Marco ^a   Azzurro, Ernesto ^b   Badalamenti, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Invasive species; Mediterranean sea; Tetraodontidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881061898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2012.1.2.08     Document Type: Article

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