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First record of the moray eel Enchelycore anatina (Muraenidae, Anguilliformes) from the Messinian coast (Peloponnese, Greece)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2013

Claudius Pirkenseer
Claudius Pirkenseer*
Affiliation:
Museum of Natural History of Fribourg & University of Fribourg, Faculty of Sciences, Unit Earth Sciences, Chemin du Musée 6, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Pirkenseer, Museum of Natural History of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland email: claudiusmarius.pirkenseer@unifr.ch
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Abstract

The presence of the moray eel Enchelycore anatina is reported for the first time in the shallow coastal waters south of Koroni (south-western Greece). The occurrence of the moray bridges the gap in the findings of morays from Elafonisos Island to the east and the Apulian coast to the north-west. The eastward expansion in the range of this Atlantic species is discussed in relation to Mediterranean current patterns.

Keywords

alien speciesEnchelycore anatinaMuraenidaePeloponneseGreecebiogeographymodified Atlantic water
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e135
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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