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Geographic range expansion of Ephippion guttifer (Tetraodontidae) in the north-eastern Atlantic
Bañón, R.; Alonso-Fernández, A.; Barros-García, D.; Rios, M.-B.; De Carlos, A. (2018). Geographic range expansion of Ephippion guttifer (Tetraodontidae) in the north-eastern Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 93(4): 733-737. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13761
In: Journal of Fish Biology. Fisheries Society of the British Isles: London,New York,. ISSN 0022-1112; e-ISSN 1095-8649, more
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Keywords
    Distribution
    Ephippion guttifer (Bennett, 1831) [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    NE Atlantic; Reproductive biology; smooth puffer; tropicalization
Authors  Top 
  • Bañón, R.
  • Alonso-Fernández, A.
  • Barros-García, D.
  • Rios, M.-B.
  • De Carlos, A.
Abstract
    The first record of the prickly puffer Ephippion guttifer (Tetraodontidae) from Galician waters (north‐west Spain) is reported based on a male specimen of 570 mm total length (LT) caught in the Ría de Vigo. Morphometric, meristic and DNA barcode data confirmed the identification. Histological examination of reproductive tissue was carried out in this species for the first time, showing a mature male in an actively spawning phase. A historical revision invalidates a previous record and establishes this as the northernmost confirmed capture ever reported in the north‐eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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