title: First record of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu in the Mediterranean Sea.
abstract: The capture of a single specimen of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu from the Ligurian Sea (north-west Mediterranean Sea) in November 2005 is reported. This finding constitutes the first record of this species from the Mediterranean Sea.
authors.affiliation: ISPRA, c/o Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide, University of Genova, Genova, Italy. m.vacchi@unige.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vacchi
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Psomadakis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Repetto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Würtz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010473:Perciformes