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Old findings of the lessepsian immigrants Platycephalus indicus (Platycephalidae) and Saurida undosquamis (Synodontidae) along the Italian coasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2009

L. Castriota ,
F. Andaloro  and
F. Costa
L. Castriota*
Affiliation:
High Institute for Environment Protection and Research (ISPRA), STS Palermo, via Salvatore Puglisi 9, c/o Marbela Residence, 90143 Palermo, Italy
F. Andaloro
Affiliation:
High Institute for Environment Protection and Research (ISPRA), STS Palermo, via Salvatore Puglisi 9, c/o Marbela Residence, 90143 Palermo, Italy
F. Costa
Affiliation:
via Olimpia Coop. Enes Pal. O, 98168 Messina, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: L. Castriota High Institute for Environment Protection and Research (ISPRA), STS Palermo, via Salvatore Puglisi 9, c/o Marbela Residence, 90143 Palermo, Italy email: [email protected]
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Abstract

One specimen of Platycephalus indicus (Platycephalidae) and one of Saurida undosquamis (Synodontidae) have been found stranded on the shore of Cape Peloro, Strait of Messina, Italy, at the end of the 1970s. The descriptions of these two lessepsian fish, previously unrecorded in Italian seas, are reported and their findings discussed.

Keywords

Platycephalus indicusSaurida undosquamisStrait of MessinaItalyMediterranean
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e130
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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