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Occurrence of Nilsson’s pipefish Syngnathus rostellatus (Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae) in the gulf of Tunis (central Mediterranean)
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M. M. BEN AMOR1*, M. BEN SALEM1, J. BEN SOUISSI2, C. CAPAPÉ3
1 Unité de Recherches Zoologie et Écologie des Milieux aquatiques, Faculté des Sciences, Université El Manar2092 Tunis, Tunisie
2 Département des Ressources animales, halieutiques et de Technologies agroalimentaires, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 avenue Charles Nicolle, 1082 Tunis, Tunisie
3 Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, Case 104, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Abstract. – Nilsson’s pipefish Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson 1855 was recorded for the first time in the Tunisian waters (Gulf of Tunis, northern Tunisia). Morphometrical measurements, counts and a short description of the species are reported in this paper. This is the fourth finding of S. rostellatus in the Mediterranean, and it confirms the occurrence of the species in this sea.
