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Based on the most recent scientific data, and without neglecting historical publications, Fishes in Lagoons and Estuaries in the Mediterranean 3 comprehensively details Mediterranean lagoonal-marine migratory fish. It provides information regarding their systematics, eobiology, ethology, genetics and their exploitation.
After a general categorization of the species represented, this volume, third in a set of books on Mediterranean ichthyofauna, offers a synthesis of the knowledge acquired from 1890 to the present day for each of the 21 species most frequently found in Mediterranean lagoons and estuaries. These species are detailed across the two parts of volume 3. The scientific data presented in this book concern the species' lagoon life as much as their marine life, and are therefore of particular interest for both the management of fish stocks and for the conservation of species.
Designed to give rapid and comprehensive access to the body of knowledge on Mediterranean lagoonal and estuarine migratory fishes, this volume is for anyone involved in the use, management or protection of natural environments and their populations, including ecobiologists, geographers, engineers, teachers, students and researchers.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
