A new record of Cephalopholis taeniops in the Mediterranean Sea, with considerations on the Sicily channel as a biogeographical crossroad of exotic fish
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- 19 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Marine Biodiversity Records
- Vol. 3
Abstract
The record of several individuals of the African hind Cephalopholis taeniops from Lampedusa Island (Italy) is here reported, with discussion on the biogeographical importance of the Sicily channel as a crossroad for exotic fish of Atlantic and Indo-pacific origin.Keywords
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