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Chanet, B; Quetro, Jc; Vayne, Jean-jacques. |
Presence of two populations of Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus (Pleuronectiformes: Scophthalmidae), in western European seas. <br>The Norwegian topknot Phrynorhombus norvegicus (Gunther, 1862) is a little flatfish belonging to the scoplithalmid family. Generally, in the literature, the habitat of this species is mentioned to be rocky bottoms of the north-eastern European seas between 10 to 180 in depth, while few references noticed its presence in the same area and depth on muddy bottoms as well. A study of fisheries data conducted by the trawlers of ISTPM and IFREMER between 1976 to 2001 in Celtic sea and Bay of Biscaye shows that Norwegian Topknot is a rarely caught species with 423 specimens fished in 25 years. Moreover, this analysis... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Scophthalmidae; Phrynorhombus norvegicus; Western European seas; Populations. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/10695/7686.pdf |
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