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Captures of 11 spinetail devil rays, Mobula japanica (Müller et Henle, 1841), from the northern coast of Tunisian (central Mediterranean) are reported in the present paper. Of these 11 specimens, five specimens were described. These captures constitute the first records of the species in the Tunisian waters, but also in the Mediterranean Sea, extending its distribution. This unusual occurrence of...
Two specimens of imperial blackfish, Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier 1829), were found for the first time off the Tunisian coast, in northern area. Both specimens are described, and occurrence of the species in the area and the Mediterranean Sea is discussed and commented.
A normal hermaphrodite Tortonese’s stingray, Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975, captured in the brackish Lagoon of Bizerte (north-eastern Tunisia) is described in this note. It was a large specimen measuring 685 mm total length, 350 mm disk width, and 2190 g of the total body mass. The specimen externally presented medial cuspidate tooth rows on both jaws, and two claspers were present, that were rigid...
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