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First record of the clingfish Tomicodon zebra (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) from El Salvador waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Saúl González-Murcia  and
Cindy Marín
Saúl González-Murcia*
Affiliation:
Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Escuela de Biología, Final 25 Avenida Norte, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador, El Salvador, Centroamérica
Cindy Marín
Affiliation:
Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Escuela de Biología, Final 25 Avenida Norte, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador, El Salvador, Centroamérica
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. González-Murcia, Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática, Escuela de Biología, Final 25 Avenida Norte, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador El SalvadorCentroamérica email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Four specimens of the clingfish Tomicodon zebra were caught on the intertidal zone El Pital, El Salvador, Central America. This record extends its known range two latitudinal degrees southward in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.

Keywords

Central AméricaEl SalvadorGobiesocidaeTomicodon zebradistribution
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e50
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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