Abstract
This paper aims to present the first record of Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) from Syria marine waters. One specimen was caught by trawl nets at about 300 m depth in Rass Albassit, north of Lattakia, on 25 February 2019, and 6 additional specimens were caught by gill nets at a depth of 120 m off Jablah coast on 7 April 2019. This record represents the first sighting of this immigrant Atlantic species introduced in the Eastern Mediterranean (Levantine Basin). These specimens were found mixing in the same net haul with populations other Sparidae species such as: Pagellus acarne and Dentex macrophthalmus.
Highlights
The Mediterranean is considered as a semi-enclosed sea; the Western and Eastern basins are separated by siculoTunisian strait
Due to strong evaporation in the Eastern Basin, there is a constant flow of near-surface waters that enter through Gibraltar from the Atlantic into the Mediterranean and running eastward along the North African coast
We present here the first confirmed occurrence of P. bogaraveo from Syrian waters, and from the wider Levantine Basin
Summary
The Mediterranean is considered as a semi-enclosed sea; the Western and Eastern basins are separated by siculoTunisian strait. Due to strong evaporation in the Eastern Basin, there is a constant flow of near-surface waters that enter through Gibraltar from the Atlantic into the Mediterranean and running eastward along the North African coast. The Sparidae family includes 148 species worldwide belonging to 37 genus (Nelson et al 2016). From this high species diversity, 28 species are found in Syrian waters, from which one Crenidens crenidens (Forsskal, 1775) is an immigrant species from the Red Sea (Saad 2005), and another species, Pagellus bellottii (Steindcner, 1882) originates in the Eastern Atlantic and the Western Mediterranean (Sbaihi and Saad 1992; Fricke et al 2014).
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