First record of pilotfish Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus 1758), Carangidae, in the syrian marine waters (Levantine Basin)

Abstract This paper presents the first record of Naucrates ductor ( Linnaeus 1758) from Syrian waters. One specimen (300 mm TL, 294.29 g TW) was caught by purse-seine nets at about 60 m depth from Lattakia coast, on 25 September 2020. This record represents the first of this cosmopolitan species tha...

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Main Authors: Nour Ali-Basha, Adib Saad, Nader Hamwi, Abdullah Tufahha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Marine Biodiversity Records
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00202-y