FIRST RECORD OF THE LARGE-HEADED GOBY, MILLERIGOBIUS MACROCEPHALUS  (GOBIIDAE), FROM ITALY

Salvatore Giacobbe, Andrea Spinelli, Sergio De Matteo, Marcelo Kovačić

in Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2016, 46 (1): 49–52.

- University of Messina, Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, Messina, Italy

- Mare Nostrum Italia, Messina, Italy

- Natural History Museum Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

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Two confined populations of an inadequately known gobiid, Millerigobius macrocephalus (Kolombatović, 1891), new species for Italy, have been reported for the protected areas of “Capo Peloro Lagoon” and “Marinello Lakes”, NE Sicily. The specimens found were described and illustrated. Additional data were provided on the habitat preferences of this fish species.

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