Lebetus scorpioides and Buenia jeffreysii (Teleostei: Gobiidae) found north of the Arctic Circle

Two gobiid species, Lebetus scorpioides and Buenia jeffreysii, were recorded in northern Norway, for the first time north of the Arctic Circle. While both species were found on the continental shelf west of the Lofoten islands, one of them, L. scorpioides, was found north of 70°N off western Finnmar...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Fauna norvegica
Main Authors: Ingvar Byrkjedal, Rupert Wienerroither, Gjertrud Jensen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology 2016
Subjects:
Teleostei
Norwegian Sea
distribution
biogeography
Zoology
QL1-991
Arctic
Lofoten
Norway
Finnmark
Northern Norway
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v36i0.1952
https://doaj.org/article/0d32f7d682474eddbf3e50e34db47f00
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Summary:Two gobiid species, Lebetus scorpioides and Buenia jeffreysii, were recorded in northern Norway, for the first time north of the Arctic Circle. While both species were found on the continental shelf west of the Lofoten islands, one of them, L. scorpioides, was found north of 70°N off western Finnmark. The records represent a considerable northward extension of the distribution of these species. Being well within the size of reproductive individuals, the specimens appear to belong to resident populations most probably missed by earlier samplings.

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