%0 Journal Article
%T First record of yellowspotted puffer Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983 (Osteichthys: Tetraodontidae) from Mediterranean Sea coasts of Syria
%A Adib Saad
%A Laith Jawad
%A Waad Sabour
%J -
%D 2014
%R DOI Code: 10.1285/i15910725v36p29
%X The first record of the yellowspotted puffer, Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983 in the Syrian marine waters is reported based on four 52-160 mm total length specimens collected from the Syrian coasts of Mediterranean Sea, between Ras Al-Bassit and Tartoos, 47ĄŻ N 39ĄŻĄŻ 35o 17ĄŻ E 53ĄŻĄŻ35o and 20ĄŻ N 56ĄŻĄŻ 35o 25ĄŻ E 44ĄŻĄŻ 34o Morphometric and meristic data are provided and compared with those of 7 specimens caught off the north and south coasts of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and from Middle region of this se
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