The record of one adult female of the bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838, caught using trawl nets in coastal waters near Sanremo, Western Ligurian Sea, in October 2007 is reported. This record confirms the rapid spread of the species and suggests a possible fast expansion toward French and Spanish waters by means of the Western Mediterranean Northern Current. Previous records in Italian waters apparently indicate a pioneer phase of colonization by adult fish and a stabilized phase, with adult and young fish, four years later.
Record of the bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838in the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean)
GARIBALDI, FULVIO;ORSI, LIDIA
2006-01-01
Abstract
The record of one adult female of the bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838, caught using trawl nets in coastal waters near Sanremo, Western Ligurian Sea, in October 2007 is reported. This record confirms the rapid spread of the species and suggests a possible fast expansion toward French and Spanish waters by means of the Western Mediterranean Northern Current. Previous records in Italian waters apparently indicate a pioneer phase of colonization by adult fish and a stabilized phase, with adult and young fish, four years later.
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