Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment University of the Azores Angra do Heroísmo Portugal
2. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes—Azorean Biodiversity Group CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute Angra do Heroísmo Portugal
3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT) University of Milano‐Bicocca Milan Italy
Abstract
AbstractOne individual of Sphyraena barracuda was collected on August 5, 2023, in the northern coast of Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal, by spearfishing. In this note, we report this first record and discuss the occurrence, which represents the northernmost one in the north‐east Atlantic.
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