Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 10 No.1

Kvarnerska populacija vrste Gobius couchi (Teleostei, Gobiidae), nove vrste ribe za Jadransko more

Authors: Marcelo Kovačić

Authors and affiliation

  • Marcelo Kovačić Natural History Museum Rijeka, Lorenzov prolaz 1, HR-51000, Croatia

Abstract

Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974 was collected by SCUBA diving in the infralittoral zone at O{tro, in the Kvarner area, northern Adriatic Sea. This is the first record in the Adriatic Sea, and the second finding in the Mediterranean Sea of this previously considered north-eastern Atlantic species.

Keywords

Gobiidae, Gobius couchi, Adriatic Sea, first finding