Fishes in Lagoons and Estuaries in the Mediterranean 3A (eBook)

Mohamed Hichem Kara (Sc.D.) is Professor at the University of Annaba, Algeria, where he manages the marine bioresource laboratory, founded in 2003. He is a founding member of the Algerian Academy of Science and Technology, and a member of the French Ichthyological Society. Jean-Pierre Quignard (Sc.D.) is Honorary Professor at the University of Montpellier, France, where he manages the Mediterranean ichthyological laboratory. He is a member of the Montpellier Académie des sciences et lettres and of the French Ichthyological Society.

Preface vii

Foreword ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Anguillidae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 1

1.1 Anguilla (Schrank, 1798) 2

1.1.1 Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) 6

1.2 Bibliography 60

Chapter 2 Engraulidae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 95

2.1 Engraulis Cuvier, 1817 95

2.1.1 Engraulis russoi Dulzetto, 1947 96

2.2 Bibliography 104

Chapter 3 Gobiidae Regan, 1911 107

3.1 Pomatoschistus Gill, 1864 108

3.1.1 Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) 109

3.2 Bibliography 121

Chapter 4 Moronidae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 129

4.1 Dicentrarchus Gill, 1860 130

4.1.1 Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) 132

4.2 Bibliography 149

Chapter 5 Mugilidae Günther, 1861 159

5.1 Chelon (Rose Walbaum, 1793) 164

5.1.1 Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) 165

5.2 Liza (Jordan and Swain, 1884) 180

5.2.1 Liza aurata (Risso, 1810) 181

5.2.2 Liza ramada (Risso, 1827) 195

5.2.3 Liza saliens (Risso, 1810) 215

5.3 Mugil Linnaeus, 1758 230

5.3.1 Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 231

5.4 Bibliography 256

Glossary 291

Index of Names 299

Index of Places 301