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dc.contributor.author | Vella, Adriana | - |
dc.contributor.author | Agius Darmanin, Sandra | - |
dc.contributor.author | Vella, Noel | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-30T11:34:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-30T11:34:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Vella, A., Darmanin, S. A., & Vella, N. (2015). Morphological and genetic barcoding study confirming the first Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) report in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(3), 609-612. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/43788 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents morphometric and genetic barcoding analyses of the first record of the Cocoa Damselfish, Stegastes variabilis in the Mediterranean Sea. A single specimen was captured from Senglea waterfront, Malta (Central Mediterranean) on the 15th of September 2013. The species is non-indigenous in the Mediterranean, as it is native to the tropical Western Atlantic. Apart from undertaking identification through meristics and morphometric measurements of the specimen, genetic analyses of the 3410 bp mtDNA genes were carried out to confirm the species’ identity. The latter was useful given that the genus Stegastes is known to be composed of morphologically very similar species, with variable colour patterns. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Institouton Okeanografikon kai Alieutikon Ereunon | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Introduced organisms -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Genetics -- Research | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fishes -- Mediterranean Sea | en_GB |
dc.subject | Stegastes | en_GB |
dc.title | Morphological and genetic barcoding study confirming the first Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) report in the Mediterranean Sea | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.12681/mms.1391 | - |
dc.publication.title | Mediterranean Marine Science | en_GB |
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