Interaction between Halobatrachus didactylus and Anguilla anguilla: What happens when these species occur in sympatry?

• Main Authors: Costa, José Lino, Domingos, Isabel, Almeida, Armando J., Feunteun, Eric, Costa, Maria José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Société Française d'Ichtyologie 2008
• Subjects: Anguilla anguilla, Anguillidae, Batrachoididae, European eel, Halobatrachus didactylus, Lusitanian toadfish, Mira estuary, Portugal, Spatial segregation, Trophic relations; Mira; Anguilla anguilla; European eel
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2008-322-003; http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/interaction-between-halobatrachus-didactylus-and-anguilla-anguilla-what-happens-when-these-species

The Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus, and the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, are benthic fish species, which occur in sympatry in the southern Iberian Peninsula and north-west Africa. The consequences of this sympatry were evaluated through the analysis of distribution, abundance and...