Occurrence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir &amp; Guézé, 1976) (Perciformes: Mullidae) from Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean

Gürlek, Mevlüt; Gündüz, Mehmet Nur; Uyan, Ali; Doğdu, Servet Ahmet; Karan, Serpil; Gürlek, Mustafa Emre; Ergüden, Deniz; Turan, Cemal

doi:10.28978/nesciences.286032

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“…Sonin et al (2013) have reported the species during the same period from the coast of Israel. The species has also been reported by Iglesias & Frotte (2015) off the coast of Cyprus and Gürlek et al (2016) off the coast of Iskenderun (Turkey). P. forsskåli is reported from the Gulf of Antalya for the first time.…”

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New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2016)

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This contribution forms part of a series of collective articles published regularly in Mediterranean Marine Science that report on new biodiversity records from the Mediterranean basin. The current article presents 51 geographically distinct records for 21 taxa belonging to 6 Phyla, extending from the western Mediterranean to the Levantine. The new records, per country, are as follows: Spain: the cryptogenic calcareous sponge Paraleucilla magna is reported from a new location in the Alicante region. Algeria: the rare Atlanto-Mediterranean bivalve Cardium indicum is reported from Annaba. Tunisia: new distribution records for the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois miles from Zembra Island and Cape Bon. Italy: the ark clam Anadara transversa is reported from mussel cultures in the Gulf of Naples, while the amphipod Caprella scaura and the isopods Paracerceis sculpta and Paranthura japonica are reported as associated to the -also allochthonous-bryozoan Amathia verticillata in the Adriatic Sea; in the latter region, the cosmopolitan Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensis is also reported, a rare finding for the Mediterranean. Slovenia: a new record of the non-indigenous nudibranch Polycera hedgpethi in the Adriatic. Greece: several new reports of the introduced scleractinian Oculina patagonica, the fangtooth moray Enchelycore anatina, the blunthead puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster (all Atlantic), and the lionfish Pterois miles (Indo-Pacific) suggest their ongoing establishment in the Aegean Sea; the deepest bathymetric record of the invasive alga Caulerpa cylindracea in the Mediterranean Sea is also registered in the Kyklades, at depths exceeding 70 m. Turkey: new distribution records for two non-indigenous crustaceans, the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Atlantic origin) and the moon crab Matuta victor (Indo-Pacific origin) from the Bay of Izmir and Antalya, respectively; in the latter region, the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali, is also reported. Lebanon: an array of records of 5 alien and one native Mediterranean species is reported by citizen-scientists; the Pacific jellyfish Phyllorhiza punctata and the Indo-Pacific teleosteans Tylerius spinosissimus, Ostracion cubicus, and Lutjanus argentimaculatus are reported from the Lebanese coast, the latter notably being the second record for the species in the Mediterranean Sea since 1977; the native sand snake-eel Ophisurus serpens, rare in the eastern Mediterranean, is reported for the first time from Lebanon, this being its easternmost distribution range; finally, a substantial number of sightings of the lionfish Pterois miles further confirm the current establishment of this lessepsian species in the Levantine.

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“…The number of lessepsian species has increased dramatically during the last decade in Turkish marine waters (Turan et al, 2015;Gürlek et al, 2016;Gurlek et al, 2016a,b). Especially, physical conditions in the eastern Mediterranean are changing over the last decades (Turan et al 2016).…”

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First record of the Indo-Pacific striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from Turkish marine waters

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Three specimens of striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) were caught by a spear gun at depths of 20 m on 4 April 2016 from Iskenderun Bay (Çevlik harbour), Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. With the present study, P. lineatus is the first time reported from Turkish marine waters, in the Iskenderun Bay, the Northeastern Mediterranean and also this is the first Plotosid species recorded from Turkish Seas.

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“…After this date, P. forsskali was reported from several locations by Sonin et al (2013) from southern edge of Haifa Bay, Israel; by Iglésias and Frotté (2015) from Agia Triada, Cyprus; By Gurlek et al (2016) from İskenderun Bay, by Yağlıoğlu and Ayas (2016) from Yeşilovacık, Turkey; by Mehanna et al (2016) from Alexandria, Egypt; by Ali et al, 2016 from Jableh, Syria (Figure 2). In the current study, it is reported from North of Cyprus and gulf of Antalya (Table 1).…”

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“…In the current study, it is reported from North of Cyprus and gulf of Antalya (Table 1). Çınar et al, 2006 Mersin, Turkey ---------------------- Bariche et al, 2013 Beirut, Lebanon 33°55'N; 35°34'E Sonin et al, 2013 Haifa Bay, Israel 32°51′N;34°56′E Iglésias and Frotté, 2015 Agia Triada, Cyprus 35° 3′ N; 34°01'E Gurlek et al, 2016 İskenderun Bay, Turkey 36°21'N; 35°49 'E Mehanna et al,, 2016 Alexandria, Egypt 31°16'N; 30°10'E Ali et al, 2016 Jableh According to all of these reports from different locations of Mediterranean Sea, the population of P. forsskali may be established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Also, according to latest reports on the south of Turkey, it is expanding westward along to Turkey Mediterranean coasts.…”

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