Prime catture documentate di Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osteichthyes, Scaridae) nella Sardegna Orientale

CABIDDU, SERENELLA;Mulas A;MURENU, MATTEO;Pesci P;Sabatini A;FOLLESA, MARIA CRISTINA

2006-01-01

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Abstract

The capture of two specimens of Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)(Osteichthyes, Sparidae), along the eastern coast of Sardinia in summer 2004 is reported. An adult male (LT=249 mm) and a female (LT=230 mm) were caught by a commercial fishing boat using a trammel nets at 33 meters depth. Water warming could be involved in the northerly extension of the biogeographical range of this species.