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A school of the shrimp scad Alepes djedaba (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in Tunisian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2013

Abdallah Hattour  and
Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai
Abdallah Hattour
Affiliation:
Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer (INSTM), 28, rue 2 mars 1934-2025-Salammbô, Tunisie
Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai*
Affiliation:
Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer (INSTM), 28, rue 2 mars 1934-2025-Salammbô, Tunisie
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.N. Bradai, Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer (INSTM), 28, rue 2 mars 1934-2025-Salammbô, Tunisie email: mednejmeddine.bradai@instm.rnrt.tn/Mohamednejmeddine@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

The shrimp scad, Alepes djedaba is known to be established in the eastern Levant. The present study describes a case of a school (100 specimens) caught with purse seine on 14 June 2012 in Tunisia (Gulf of Gabès: 34°10′240 10°58′180) that constitutes the first record of its westernmost appearance.

Keywords

Alepes djedabaTunisiacentral Mediterraneannon-indigenous speciesfirst record
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e117
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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