Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only
modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers …

Aim In contrast to the attention given to southern Europe both as a centre of speciation and
differentiation and as a Pleistocene refugium of Western Palaearctic taxa, North Africa has …

Background DNA barcoding enhances the prospects for species-level identifications
globally using a standardized and authenticated DNA-based approach. Reference libraries …

Numerous photographs of live fishes posted by anglers and divers on social media and
citizen science databases are important sources of information for ichthyological research …

The deep sea is the largest ecosystem on Earth, yet little is known about the processes
driving patterns of genetic diversity in its inhabitants. Here, we investigated the macro-and …

The present study, based on microsatellite markers, describes a population genetic analysis
of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758), representing one of …

The euryhaline European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L., inhabiting the coasts of the
eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, has had many opportunities for …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed oceanic basin that communicates with
the Atlantic Ocean and can be subdivided into seven geographical regions. It is considered …

Amphipods of the genus Gammarus are a vital component of macrozoobenthic communities
in European inland and coastal, marine and brackish waters of the Mediterranean and the …

Genetic information is crucial for the proper exploitation of Octopus vulgaris, the most
commercially valuable octopus species worldwide. The main aim of the present study was to …