First record of the fourfinger threadfin, Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) in Belgium
Breine, J.J.; Lambeens, I.; Maes, Y.; De Bruyn, A.; Galle, L. (2017). First record of the fourfinger threadfin, Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) in Belgium. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 187: 28-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.12.025
In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Academic Press: London; New York. ISSN 0272-7714; e-ISSN 1096-0015
A single small specimen (810 mm total length) of polynemid fish was caught in the Zeeschelde, near the village of Branst. The fish was captured in a mid-water beam trawl from an anchored boat in September 2016. It is the first record of Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804) in Belgium.
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