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New data on the cuskeel, Ophidion rochei (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae), from the eastern Adriatic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2002

J. Dulčić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
S. Matić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
M. Kraljević
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
M. Franičević
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
L. Lipej
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Station, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia

Abstract

The occurrence, meristic, length frequency, condition factor, length–weight relationship and day/night differences in catch are reported for a population of cuskeel Ophidionrochei at Duće-Glava (43°26′N 16°41′E, Croatian coast, eastern middle Adriatic) from April 2000 to March 2001. The highest catches in shallow water occurred in June, with a second peak in September and October, and were always at night, indicating this species as nocturnal predator.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
© 2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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