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First record of Kentrocapros rosapinto (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Vema Seamount (south-east Atlantic)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2003

A. Armesto ,
R. Bañón ,
D. Garabana  and
P. Durán
A. Armesto
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, Avda. Fragoso 93 – 5° Izda., 36210 Vigo, Spain.
R. Bañón
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, Avda. Fragoso 93 – 5° Izda., 36210 Vigo, Spain.
D. Garabana
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, Avda. Fragoso 93 – 5° Izda., 36210 Vigo, Spain.
P. Durán
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Aptdo. 1552, 36208 Vigo, Spain
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Abstract

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The capture of a specimen of Kentrocapros rosapinto at Vema Seamount in the south-east Atlantic Ocean is reported as the first record of this species in the Atlantic Ocean. This species was previously known only from the western Indian Ocean.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 779 - 780
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2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom