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First record of Cynoscion nebulosus in the Spanish waters of the Gulf of Cadiz (ICES Division IXa South)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2013

Juan Jose Acosta*
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de Cadiz, Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante, s/n. 11006 Cádiz, Spain
Jesus Canoura
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de Cadiz, Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante, s/n. 11006 Cádiz, Spain
Ana Juárez
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanografico de Cadiz, Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante, s/n. 11006 Cádiz, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.J. Acosta, Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz, Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante, s/n. 11006 Cádiz, Spain email: juan.acosta@cd.ieo.es
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Abstract

A description of a specimen of Cynoscion nebulosus caught in the Spanish waters of the Gulf of Cadiz, in the north-east Atlantic is presented. This is the first record of this species at this longitude.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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