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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Image grab from ROV footage collected on 23 June 2015 at a depth of 871 m (35 ° 52.880 ′ N, 014 ° 07.351 ′ E) showing an individual of Gaidropsarus granti. Image: OCEANA © LIFE BaĦAR for N 2 K." figureDoi="10.3897/aiep.52.89340.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/747674" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Dorsal part of head reddish-brown with cream reticulations. Rest of body with three longitudinal brown bands (one dorsal and one dorsolateral band on either side) separated by thin, undulating cream stripe. Dorsolateral brown bands interrupted by thin cream stripes in the posterior region, breaking up into spots towards the caudal peduncle. Lower surfaces including head, ventral part of flank, and belly, all cream-coloured.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Remarks.</paragraph>
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This species has recently been recorded from Malta by
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" author="Tsagarakis, K" journalOrPublisher="Mediterranean Marine Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" pagination="627 - 652" refId="B24" refString="Tsagarakis, K, Agius Darmanin, S, Al Mabruk, SAA, Auriemma, R, Azzurro, E, Badouvas, N, Bakiu, R, Bariche, M, Battaglia, P, Betti, F, Borme, D, Cacciamani, R, Cali, F, Corsini-Foka, M, Cocetta, F, Dalyan, C, Deidun, A, Digenis, M, Domenichetti, F, Dragicevic, B, Dulcic, J, Durucan, F, Guy-Haim, T, Kesici, NB, Lardi, PI, Manitara, Y, Michailidis, N, Piraino, S, Rizgalla, J, Siapatis, A, Soldo, A, Stipa, MG, Terbiyik Kurt, T, Tiralongo, F, Tsiamis, K, Vella, A, Vella, N, Zava, B, Gerovasileiou, V, 2021. New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021). Mediterranean Marine Science 22 (3): 627 - 652, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" title="New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021)." url="https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" volume="22" year="2021">Tsagarakis et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
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, based on a single individual caught off west Gozo (coordinates:
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,
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) at a depth of 290 m.
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gives another record as "
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" but this online article (Anonymous, not dated) does not include details of the record apart from a point on a map. From this map, it appears that the fish originated from waters some 75 km west of the island of Gozo. Two individuals of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">G. granti</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Image grab from ROV footage collected on 20 June 2016 at a depth of 10 m (36 ° 01.106 ′ N, 014 ° 14.730 ′ E) showing an individual of Grammonus ater. Image: Enrique Talledo / OCEANA © LIFE BaĦAR for N 2 K." figureDoi="10.3897/aiep.52.89340.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/747673" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">4</figureCitation>
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) were recorded from the presently reported ROV surveys, one in 2015 and one in 2016, which antedate the record by
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" author="Tsagarakis, K" journalOrPublisher="Mediterranean Marine Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" pagination="627 - 652" refId="B24" refString="Tsagarakis, K, Agius Darmanin, S, Al Mabruk, SAA, Auriemma, R, Azzurro, E, Badouvas, N, Bakiu, R, Bariche, M, Battaglia, P, Betti, F, Borme, D, Cacciamani, R, Cali, F, Corsini-Foka, M, Cocetta, F, Dalyan, C, Deidun, A, Digenis, M, Domenichetti, F, Dragicevic, B, Dulcic, J, Durucan, F, Guy-Haim, T, Kesici, NB, Lardi, PI, Manitara, Y, Michailidis, N, Piraino, S, Rizgalla, J, Siapatis, A, Soldo, A, Stipa, MG, Terbiyik Kurt, T, Tiralongo, F, Tsiamis, K, Vella, A, Vella, N, Zava, B, Gerovasileiou, V, 2021. New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021). Mediterranean Marine Science 22 (3): 627 - 652, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" title="New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021)." url="https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" volume="22" year="2021">Tsagarakis et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
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. Both individuals occurred on a muddy bottom with rocky outcrops, one at a depth of 748 m and the other at 871 m.
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give the typical depth range for
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as 20-250 m but there are many Mediterranean records of this fish from deeper waters (e.g.,
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;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.59.1.9" author="Bello, G" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" refId="B3" refString="Bello, G, 2018. Documented records of Gaidropsarus granti (Osteichthyes: Lotidae) in the Adriatic Sea and review of its Mediterranean occurrences: is it a native fish or a newly established one? Acta Adriatica 59(1): 111-120. https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.59.1.9" title="Documented records of Gaidropsarus granti (Osteichthyes: Lotidae) in the Adriatic Sea and review of its Mediterranean occurrences: is it a native fish or a newly established one? Acta Adriatica 59 (1): 111 - 120." url="https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.59.1.9" year="2018">Bello 2018</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.1.9" author="Spinelli, A" journalOrPublisher="Acta Adriatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" pagination="87 - 90" refId="B22" refString="Spinelli, A, Castriota, L, 2019. Additional records of the Grant's rockling, Gaidropsarus granti (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Lotidae), from the Ionian Sea. Acta Adriatica 60 (1): 87 - 90, DOI: https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.1.9" title="Additional records of the Grant's rockling, Gaidropsarus granti (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Lotidae), from the Ionian Sea." url="https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.1.9" volume="60" year="2019">Spinelli and Castriota 2019</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" author="Tsagarakis, K" journalOrPublisher="Mediterranean Marine Science" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" pagination="627 - 652" refId="B24" refString="Tsagarakis, K, Agius Darmanin, S, Al Mabruk, SAA, Auriemma, R, Azzurro, E, Badouvas, N, Bakiu, R, Bariche, M, Battaglia, P, Betti, F, Borme, D, Cacciamani, R, Cali, F, Corsini-Foka, M, Cocetta, F, Dalyan, C, Deidun, A, Digenis, M, Domenichetti, F, Dragicevic, B, Dulcic, J, Durucan, F, Guy-Haim, T, Kesici, NB, Lardi, PI, Manitara, Y, Michailidis, N, Piraino, S, Rizgalla, J, Siapatis, A, Soldo, A, Stipa, MG, Terbiyik Kurt, T, Tiralongo, F, Tsiamis, K, Vella, A, Vella, N, Zava, B, Gerovasileiou, V, 2021. New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021). Mediterranean Marine Science 22 (3): 627 - 652, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" title="New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (October 2021)." url="https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.26669" volume="22" year="2021">Tsagarakis et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
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). However, the depth of the presently reported findings (748 m and 871 m, Table
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) far exceeds almost all previous Mediterranean depth reports, and the 871 m depth is substantially greater than the deepest known record for the species, from the Galician Bank (Atlantic), where this species occurred at 823 m (
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et al. 2002
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Gaidropsarus granti</emphasis>
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is native to the eastern and central Atlantic and its first record (cf.
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) from the Mediterranean in 1995 (
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) sparked a debate as to whether it is an overlooked native or an Atlantic species that had recently expanded its range. The
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status in the Mediterranean is best given as cryptogenic, although the prevailing opinion is that it is an Atlantic range-expanding species (
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;
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).
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The present note adds knowledge to the fish faunal diversity of the Maltese Islands:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Thorogobius ephippiatus</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Rafinesque" authorityYear="1810" class="Actinopterygii" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chlopsis bicolor" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">
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are new records for Malta;
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has not yet been reported from Malta in the scientific literature; and
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Regan" baseAuthorityYear="1903" class="Actinopterygii" family="Lotidae" genus="Gaidropsarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gaidropsarus granti" order="Gadiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Gaidropsarus granti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has only been reported once from close to the Maltese islands in the published literature. In addition, the present findings include the deepest records of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. granti" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" rank="species" species="granti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">G. granti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="C. bicolor" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" rank="species" species="bicolor">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">C. bicolor</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and the second deepest record of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. ephippiatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" rank="species" species="ephippiatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">T. ephippiatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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for the entire Mediterranean Sea.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/aiep.52.89340.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/747674" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="215">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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Image grab from ROV footage collected on 23 June 2015 at a depth of 871 m (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="52.880" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="35.881332">35°52.880′N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="014" direction="east" minutes="07.351" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="14.122517">014°07.351′E</geoCoordinate>
|
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) showing an individual of
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Regan" baseAuthorityYear="1903" class="Actinopterygii" family="Lotidae" genus="Gaidropsarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gaidropsarus granti" order="Gadiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="215" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="215">Gaidropsarus granti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Image: OCEANA © LIFE
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<normalizedToken originalValue="BaĦAR">BaĦAR</normalizedToken>
|
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for N2K.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</subSection>
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</document> |