| [diet of two selachians common to the gulf of gabes (tunisia): rhinobatos rhinobatos (linnè, 1758) and rhinobatos cemiculus (geoffroy sainte-hilarie, 1817)]. | rhinobatos rhinobatos and rh. cemiculus are two digging species with a malacophagic and, accessorly ichthyophagic diet. rh. rhinobatos' main prey is hermione hystrix. rh. cemiculus' one is citharus macrolepidotus. this study points out that it exists few seasonal changes about the diet of these selacians. | 1979 | 555294 |
| two new species of macrobothridium (cestoda: diphyllidea) from rhinobatid elasmobranchs in the gulf of gabès, tunisia, with notes on the status of the genus. | as a result of an investigation of metazoan parasites of elasmobranch fishes in the gulf of gabès, tunisia, we discovered 2 new species of diphyllidean cestodes. macrobothridium euterpes n. sp. is described from the spiral intestine of rhinobatos rhinobatos, and macrobothridium syrtensis n. sp. from the spiral intestine of rhinobatos cemiculus. macrobothridium euterpes is distinguished from the only other species in the genus (macrobothridium rhynchobati) by the number of rostellar hooks, size, ... | 2001 | 11426734 |