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Notes on the occurrence of Syngnathus rostellatus (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) in the Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2011

Pascal I. Hablützel  and
Anthony B. Wilson
Pascal I. Hablützel*
Affiliation:
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, K.U. Leuven, Charles Deberiotstraat 32, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Anthony B. Wilson
Affiliation:
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.I. Hablützel, Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, K.U. Leuven, Charles Deberiotstraat 32, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium email: pascal.habluetzel@bio.kuleuven.be
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Abstract

Syngnathus rostellatus is a nearshore pipefish species whose distributional range extends along the European Atlantic coast between Bergen (NO) and the Bay of Biscay (ES). Several recent articles suggest that this species has experienced a major range expansion of more than 4000 km into the eastern Mediterranean, but a critical review of these studies indicates that the majority of these reports are based on specimen misidentifications. Considering a reliable report of S. rostellatus from the Mediterranean coast near Gibraltar, it appears that the current distribution of this species is restricted to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the southern Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

Keywords

range expansionspecies identificationSyngnathus rostellatuspipefish
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e57
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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