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Occurrence of the Atlantic species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), along the Mediterranean coast

Occurrence of the Atlantic species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), along... Introduction Eight species of the snake eel family (Ophichthidae) can be found in the Mediterranean Sea ( Bauchot, 1986 ). One of these species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848), is common in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Morocco to Angola ( Froese and Pauly, 2012 ). It usually burrows on sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal waters at depths from 10 to 30 m ( Bauchot, 1986 ) where it is often caught by beach fishing nets ( Séret and Opic, 1990 ). P. semicinctus can grow up to 800 mm in total length ( Séret and Opic, 1990 ). The species is rare outside the inter‐tropical zone ( Blache and Saldanha, 1972 ). Only two observations were recorded in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean at the end of the 20th century: one individual was trawled in the Arcachon Basin ( Quéro, 1998 ), and another in 2001 along the south Galician coast near A Guarda harbour ( Banon et al., 2002 ). P. semicinctus remained unknown among the Mediterranean fauna until a 1957 discovery in Algeria ( Dieuziede and Roland, 1958 ). Since then, only nine other observations have been reported in the Mediterranean. The aim http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Ichthyology Wiley

Occurrence of the Atlantic species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), along the Mediterranean coast

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Wiley
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© 2012 Blackwell Verlag, Berlin
ISSN
0175-8659
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1439-0426
DOI
10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02010.x
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Abstract

Introduction Eight species of the snake eel family (Ophichthidae) can be found in the Mediterranean Sea ( Bauchot, 1986 ). One of these species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848), is common in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Morocco to Angola ( Froese and Pauly, 2012 ). It usually burrows on sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal waters at depths from 10 to 30 m ( Bauchot, 1986 ) where it is often caught by beach fishing nets ( Séret and Opic, 1990 ). P. semicinctus can grow up to 800 mm in total length ( Séret and Opic, 1990 ). The species is rare outside the inter‐tropical zone ( Blache and Saldanha, 1972 ). Only two observations were recorded in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean at the end of the 20th century: one individual was trawled in the Arcachon Basin ( Quéro, 1998 ), and another in 2001 along the south Galician coast near A Guarda harbour ( Banon et al., 2002 ). P. semicinctus remained unknown among the Mediterranean fauna until a 1957 discovery in Algeria ( Dieuziede and Roland, 1958 ). Since then, only nine other observations have been reported in the Mediterranean. The aim

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Published: Aug 1, 2012

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