Abstract
On 12 May 2012, two individuals of Champsodon nudivittis were captured off the coasts of Rhodes Island, southeastern Aegean Sea, at 150 m depth. This finding suggests a rapid geographical extension of this Indo-Pacific species along the northeastern Levantine coast of the Mediterranean. With C. nudivittis, the number of Lessepsian fishes recorded in the Aegean Sea is raised to 31.
Highlights
Up to date, the family of Champsodontidae, commonly known as gapers, is represented in the Mediterranean Sea by two species of IndoPacific origin, namely, Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) and Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
Sensory papillae between eyes not arranged in a semicircle, ventral margin of pupil indented by flap of iris (Figure 3)
Champsodon nudivittis is distributed in the IndoWest Pacific Ocean, including records from Australia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea and Philippines (Nemeth 1994; Çiçek and Bilecenoglu and references therein)
Summary
The family of Champsodontidae, commonly known as gapers, is represented in the Mediterranean Sea by two species of IndoPacific origin, namely, Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) and Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867. C. nudivittis was recorded firstly from Iskenderun Bay, Turkey, in 2008, at 50 m depth (Çiçek and Bilecenoglu 2009) and off Ashdod, Israel in 2011 at 100 m (Goren et al 2011). C. vorax was recorded firstly off the coasts of Lebanon in 2010, at 30-150 m (Bariche 2010, 2011). The first record of C. nudivittis from Aegean waters is presented and discussed
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