First confirmed record of the blue tang, Acanthurus  coeruleus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Acanthuridae) in the Mediterranean

A single specimen of a sub-adult specimen of the Atlantic species, Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch et Schneider, 1801, was collected in the Mediterranean coast of Israel. This collection was the first confirmed record of this species in the Mediterranean since hitherto it was known from this region only...

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Main Authors: D. Golani, G. Askarov, B. Appelbaum-Golani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-09-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
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Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26575/download/pdf/