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- Title
First confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) from Cyprus.
- Authors
Chartosia, Niki; Michailidis, Nikolas
- Abstract
Background: Cyprus is affected by the invasion of non-indigenous 'lessepsian' species due to its proximity to the Suez Canal. Thus, recent ongoing studies in the marine area of Cyprus reveal new records of such Erythrean species. Results: The first confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali in the coastal waters of Cyprus is reported. Description of the specimen, together with some distributional notes of the species in the Mediterranean are provided. Conclusions: This record of P. forsskali from Cyprus, together with the previous occurrences in Israel, Lebanon and Turkey supports further the establishment of a population in the eastern Mediterranean.
- Subjects
SUEZ Canal (Egypt); CYPRUS; MIDDLE East; PARUPENEUS (Fish); INTRODUCED species; COASTS
- Publication
Marine Biodiversity Records, 2016, Vol 9, p1
- ISSN
1755-2672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s41200-016-0032-7