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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26199| Title: | First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta |
| Authors: | Deidun, Alan Fenech-Farrugia, Andreina Castriota, Luca Falautano, Manuela Azzurro, Ernesto Andaloro, Franco |
| Keywords: | Introduced organisms -- Malta Fishes -- Mediterranean Sea Puffers (Fish) |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre |
| Citation: | Deidun, A., Fenech-Farrugia, A., Castriota, L., Falautano, M., Azzurro, E., & Andaloro, F. (2015). First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta. BioInvasions Records, 4(2), 139-142. |
| Abstract: | The occurrence of the silver-cheeked toadfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus, is reported for the first time from Maltese waters. The specimen was caught at a depth of 15 m in a sparse sea grass Posidonia oceanica meadow. The need for a public information campaign on the danger to human health posed by the species, and to develop an early warning system of its spread, is discussed. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26199 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciGeo |
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