Re-sharing from University of Malta Newspoint
A major work on Maltese ichthyology has just been published in the prominent online journal Diversity by five members of the Department of Biology – Prof. Joseph A. Borg, David Dandria, Dr Julian Evans, Dr Leyla Knittweis and Prof. Patrick J. Schembri.
Entitled “A Critical Checklist of the Marine Fishes of Malta and Surrounding Waters”, the paper assesses the diversity of fishes inhabiting the sea around Malta. The authors compiled a list of species that have been reported to occur in Maltese waters up to December 2022 by critically reviewing earlier publications by foreign and local workers, including the extensive catalogues by the late Guido Lanfranco (to whom the authors dedicate their paper).
Recent works recording newcomer species were also included, as were data from the annual Mediterranean International Trawl Survey (MEDITS) submitted by the Maltese fisheries authorities to the European Commission. Fisheries data transmitted to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and local commercial fisheries landings were also considered.
Read more at https://www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/news/2023/02/biology-academics-publish-major-review-maltese-fishes
Read the paper on https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/225
