“…However, and in spite of the ecological relevance of these species and risk of overexploitation, these traits are fairly described for the most relevant species in the trade market (e.g., Mercier et al, 2000;Shiell, 2007;Morgan, 2011;Dissanayake and Stefansson, 2012;Purcell et al, 2012Purcell et al, , 2016Kashio et al, 2016) but for others are sparse and scarce. Emergent target species (from the Mediterranean and NE-Atlantic) are less studied, or not at all, or have a strong regional or habitat focus (e.g., Simunovic et al, 2000;Navarro et al, 2014;Siegenthaler et al, 2015Siegenthaler et al, , 2017Marquet et al, 2017;Aydin, 2019b;Boncagni et al, 2019;DomĂnguez-Godino and GonzĂĄlez-WangĂŒemert, 2020). The introduction of these species in the international trade markets is the result of a stock depletion of traditional commercial species, mainly from the Indo-Pacific, increasing demand and consequent fisheries expansion to new areas (Purcell et al, 2013;Conand, 2017;GonzĂĄlez-WangĂŒemert et al, 2018;Dereli and Aydın, 2021).…”