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On a saddled snake eel Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae) trawled in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2000

Sergio Ragonese  and
Giovan Battista Giusto
Sergio Ragonese
Affiliation:
Institute of Research on Marine Resources and Environment (IRMA-CNR), via L. Vaccara, 61, Mazara (TP), Italy, E-mail: ragonese@irma.pa.cnr.it
Giovan Battista Giusto
Affiliation:
Institute of Research on Marine Resources and Environment (IRMA-CNR), via L. Vaccara, 61, Mazara (TP), Italy, E-mail: ragonese@irma.pa.cnr.it
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The occurrence in the Strait of Sicily of the saddled snake eel, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), a rare finding for the Mediterranean Sea, is confirmed on the basis of one specimen caught off the northern coast of Tunisia in 1991. The specimen, 800 mm in total length and 457 g in body weight (preserved condition), was captured during a commercial bottom trawl hauled at 30 m next to Cape Bon (north of Tunisia). This represents the second and fourth documented record of this Atlantic intruder within the Strait of Sicily and the Mediterranean Sea, respectively.

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Brief Report
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 80 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 951 - 952
Copyright
2000 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom