First record of the Mediterranean parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense in Ria Formosa (south Portugal)

Several juvenile specimens of Sparisoma cretense, a previously unrecorded species, were caught using beach seining in Ria Formosa.The hypothesis that these occurrences are related with climatic changes is discussed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abecasis, D. (author)
Other Authors: Bentes, Luis (author), Ribeiro, Joaquim (author), Machado, Daniel (author), Oliveira, Frederico (author), Veiga, Pedro (author), Gonçalves, J. M. S. (author), Erzini, Karim (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Sparisoma cretense
Portugal
Ria Formosa
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8969
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/8969

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8969

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