Abstract

A survey conducted off the northern Tunisian coast allow to collect specimens belonging to species rarely captured in the area, such as longjaw snake eel Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758), bluntsnout snake eel Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758), Mediterranean parrot fish Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) and sharksucker Echeneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758). All specimens are shortly described in the present paper, including morphometric measurements and meristic counts. Their distribution in the area and the Mediterranean Sea is commented and discussed.

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