Abstract

Eight leptocephali of the bandtooth conger Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) were collected with small mid-water trawl net in September 2011 during the monitoring project PELMON in the open waters of the middle Adriatic. Detailed description, including morphometric measurements and meristic counts are presented. This represents the first record of A. balearicum leptocephali in the Adriatic Sea.

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