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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/5346| Title: | Present distribution of the threatened killifish Aphanius fasciatus (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae) in the Maltese Islands |
| Authors: | Deidun, Alan Arcidiacono, Isabella Tigano, Concetta Schembri, Patrick J. |
| Keywords: | Marine fishes -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2002-12 |
| Publisher: | NGO Nature Trust |
| Citation: | Deidun, A., Arcidiacono, I., Tigano, C., & Schembri, P. J. (2002). Present distribution of the threatened killifish Aphanius fasciatus (Actinopterygii, cyprinodontidae) in the Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 3(4), 177-180. |
| Abstract: | A survey of the nine localities from which the threatened Killifish Aphanius fasciatus has been recorded in the Maltese Islands showed that large and thriving populations exist at Salina, at the Simar and Ghadira bird sanctuaries and in reservoirs at Marsa and Ghadira. The Simar and Ghadira populations are introduced and originate from a mixture of animals collected from Salina and Marsa. The provenance of the Marsa population is unknown but it is possibly autochthonous to the Marsa area. The Salina and possibly the Marsa populations seem to be the only remaining natural populations of this species in the Maltese Islands. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/5346 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCSciZoo Scholarly Works - FacSciBio Scholarly Works - FacSciGeo |
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