First record of the muzzled blenny (Osteichthyes: Blenniidae: Omobranchus punctatus) from the Mediterranean, with remarks on ship-mediated fish introduction

Daniel Golani

doi:10.1017/S0025315404010057h

Abstract

The muzzled blenny Omobanchus punctatus is recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, collected among fouling organisms covering the frame of aquaculture cages at the entrance to the port of Ashdod, Israel. Its presence there is most likely due to accidental introduction attributed to ship-mediated transfer.

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First record of the muzzled blenny (Osteichthyes: Blenniidae: Omobranchus punctatus) from the Mediterranean, with remarks on ship-mediated fish introduction

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