Records of new and rare alien fish in North African waters: the burrowing goby Trypauchen vagina (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) and the bartail flathead Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Egypt and the cobia Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) in Libya

Nour, Ola Mohamed; Mabruk, Sara Al; Zava, Bruno; Deidun, Alan; Corsini-Foka, Maria

doi:10.3391/bir.2021.10.4.16

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“…Other sightings document range expansions of fish such as Aluterus monoceros (Crocetta et al, 2021 ) and Rachycentron canadum (Nour et al, 2021 ). In addition, Pterois miles and Bregmaceros nectabanus were reported for the first time in the mid‐eastern Adriatic Sea (Croatian waters) by Dragičević et al ( 2021 ) and Orfanidis et al ( 2021 ), respectively, who provided the northernmost record of the species in the Mediterranean Sea.…”

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Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed

Azzurro

Smeraldo

D’Amen

2022

Global Change Biology

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Marine bioinvasions are a centuries-old phenomenon (Carlton, 1996;Ojaveer et al., 2018). However, in the past few decades human activities have dramatically accelerated their pace all over the world (Carlton, 1996;Fowler et al., 2020). Like other global environmental issues, the spatial and temporal extent of marine bioinvasions is subject to increasing observational efforts (Sagarin & Pauchard, 2010), especially in areas like the Mediterranean Sea, which is a major invasion hotspot (Edelist et al., 2013). This basin, which is naturally rich in

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Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed

Azzurro

Smeraldo

D’Amen

2022

Global Change Biology

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“…Recent developments in CS provide an opportunity to improve data flow and knowledge on NIS, while ensuring not only effective and high quality societal engagement with the issue of invasive NIS [38], but also new knowledge on biodiversity issues. Current CS initiatives in the Mediterranean (see UNEP/MED [7] for an overview) have added a wealth of new NIS in Mediterranean countries in the last 10 years, compensating for the lack of field studies in, for example, Egypt [39], Libya [40], Syria [41] and Albania [42]. Therefore, for many Mediterranean countries, 2011 as the baseline year appears to be premature.…”

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Data-Driven Recommendations for Establishing Threshold Values for the NIS Trend Indicator in the Mediterranean Sea

Galanidi¹,

Zenetos

2022

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In the present work, we analysed time series data on the introduction of new non-indigenous species (NIS) in the Mediterranean between 1970 and 2017, aiming to arrive at recommendations concerning the reference period and provisional threshold values for the NIS trend indicator. We employed regression analysis and breakpoint structural analysis. Our results confirm earlier findings that the reference conditions differ for the four Mediterranean subregions, and support a shortening of the reporting cycle from six to three years, with a two-year time lag for the ensuing assessment. Excluding Lessepsian fishes and parasites, the reference period, defined as the most recent time segment with stable mean new NIS values, was estimated as 1997–2017 for the eastern Mediterranean, 2012–2017 for the central Mediterranean, 2000–2017 for the Adriatic and 1970–2017 for the western Mediterranean. These findings are interpreted primarily on the basis of a basin scale temperature regime shift in the late 1990s, shifts in driving forces such as shellfish culture, and as a result of intensified research efforts and citizen scientist initiatives targeting NIS in the last decade. The threshold values, i.e., the three-year average new NIS values during the reference period, are indicative and will ultimately depend on the choice of species and pathways to be used in the calculations. This is discussed through the prism of target setting in alignment with specific management objectives.

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“…The records in Brazil were not the first outside the original range of occurrence for the species. It has been reported from Israel (Galil et al, 2019;Salameh et al, 2010), Turkey (Akamca et al, 2011Çiftçi & Ayas, 2018;Ergüden et al, 2018;Siokou et al, 2013) and Egypt (Nour et al, 2021), all records safely identified as T. vagina. These records from the Mediterranean Sea were attributed to Lessepsian migration, which is the movement of animals from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal (Spanier & Galil, 1991), despite the lack of reports in the Red Sea yet.…”

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“…The occurrence records of T. vagina were obtained from multiple sources: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, https://www.gbif.org; n = 438), Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS; n = 161) and specialized literature ( n = 35; Akamca et al., 2011; Alavi‐Yeganeh et al., 2015; Al‐Daraji et al., 2017; Çiftçi & Ayas, 2018; Ergüden et al., 2018; Kachhi et al., 2020; Larson et al., 2008; Murdy, 2006; Nour et al., 2021; Salameh et al., 2010; Siokou et al., 2013; Thakkar et al., 2018; Trevisan et al., 2022; Figure 3). These records were analysed in conjunction with new records to assess environmental suitability.…”

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Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) a new established species in the Southwestern Atlantic

Trevisan,

Caires,

Rodrigues

et al. 2023

Austral Ecology

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Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) is a goby that lives burrowed into the substrata feeding on small invertebrates. It is native to the Indo‐pacific region, ranging from Kuwait to China. Recently, this fish has been reported outside the original range of distribution, being found in the Mediterranean Sea, and more recently in the northeastern Brazilian coast. The Mediterranean reports are usually associated with Lessepsian migration, while the reports from Brazil are possibly related to ballast water transportation. In the present work, we provide eight new records from southeastern Brazilian coast, all made in São Paulo state, far from the first record. These additional records raised concern since the presence of an alien species could implicate in environmental and economic losses. Thus, we decide to model the environmental suitability for this goby in the Brazilian coast, specially focusing on major ports, usually places with high ballast water propagule pressure. In addition, an analysis of the suitability in the Red Sea was also made, to verify the hypothesis of Lessepsian migration. The results revealed that temperature and primary productivity are among the most important parameters for the presence of T. vagina, also indicating a high environmental suitability for this species in the Red Sea and Brazilian coast, especially in southeastern region, where the new records were made. Due to the number of collected individuals, it is hard to affirm that this taxon presents a self‐sustaining population in Brazilian waters, but the several registers, in different locations and different life stages point to an establishment of the species in this new region. This population status allied with a high environmental suitability is alarming and should motivate new studies concerning T. vagina in Brazilian waters.

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Records of new and rare alien fish in North African waters: the burrowing goby Trypauchen vagina (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) and the bartail flathead Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Egypt and the cobia Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) in Libya

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Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed

Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed

Data-Driven Recommendations for Establishing Threshold Values for the NIS Trend Indicator in the Mediterranean Sea

Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) a new established species in the Southwestern Atlantic

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