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The Case of a Rudderfish Highlights the Role of Natural History Museums as Sentinels of Bio-invasions
Sabrina Lo Bruttosubject
0106 biological sciencesIntroduced speciesBiology010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesIslandPerciformesMediterranean seaEnvironmental protectionMediterranean SeaAnimalsPerciformeSicilyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsIntroduced SpecieTaxonomyIslandsAnimalMuseums010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyBiodiversitybiology.organism_classificationPerciformesFisheryNatural historyPisceAnimal Science and ZoologyMarine protected areaKyphosus vaigiensisIntroduced Speciesdescription
In September 2013 fishermen captured a rudderfish—Kyphosus vaigiensis—off Favignana Island, one of the islands of the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) in western Sicily (Mannino et al., 2015). This species is rarely sampled in the Mediterranean Sea.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-18 |