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First record of the blunthead puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) in Syrian marine waters (eastern Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2014

W. Abdul Rahman ,
M. Galiya  and
A. Kara Ali
W. Abdul Rahman*
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, High Institute of Marine Research (HIMR), Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
M. Galiya
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
A. Kara Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Chemistry, High Institute of Marine Research (HIMR), Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: W. Abdul Rahman, Department of Marine Biology, High Institute of Marine Research (HIMR), Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Specimens of blunthead puffer, Sphoeroides pachygaster, known previously from the western Mediterranean, were recorded for the first time in Syrian marine waters (eastern Mediterranean). Their morphometric and meristic characteristics are reported.

Keywords

alien speciesSyrian coastblunthead pufferSphoeroides pachygaster
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e31
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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