Abstract
Reticulated leatherjacket, Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940 is one of the very first Lessepsian settlers in the Mediterranean. On 22 June 2020 a specimen of Stephanolepis diaspros (catalogue number: ESFM-PIS/2020-02) with 305 mm in total length (TL) was captured by an angler off Yassıcaada Island, Urla, Izmir Bay on sandy bottom at a depth of 18 m. The present ichthyologic record demonstrates maximum size of S. diaspros species and even, this large size is unique in the Mediterranean and the world seas until a new one is found.
Highlights
Reticulated leatherjacket, Stephanolepis diaspros FraserBrunner, 1940 is one of the very first Lessepsian settlers in the Mediterranean (Tortonese, 1986; Froese and Pauly, 2019), and lives inshore in sandy and rocky habitats with vegetation to a depth of 20 m (Golani et al 2006; Froese and Pauly, 2019)
The present ichthyologic record demonstrates maximum size of S. diaspros species and even, this large size is unique in the Mediterranean and the world seas until a new one is reported
Stephanolepis diaspros is especially well established in the eastern Mediterranean; it is still rare in the Aegean Sea
Summary
Reticulated leatherjacket, Stephanolepis diaspros FraserBrunner, 1940 is one of the very first Lessepsian settlers in the Mediterranean (Tortonese, 1986; Froese and Pauly, 2019), and lives inshore in sandy and rocky habitats with vegetation to a depth of 20 m (Golani et al 2006; Froese and Pauly, 2019). Stephanolepis diaspros is especially well established in the eastern Mediterranean; it is still rare in the Aegean Sea. Stephanolepis diaspros is especially well established in the eastern Mediterranean; it is still rare in the Aegean Sea It has been reported from the Aegean Sea in 1943 for the first time (Tortonese, 1947) and it occasionally occurs in the region, reaching as far as to the Sea of Marmara (Bilecenoğlu and Yokeş, 2013). It reached to the Adriatic Sea (Dulčić and Pallaoro, 2003), Gulf of Palermo, Sicily (Catalano and Zava, 1993), Tunisia (Ben Amor and Capapé, 2008; Zouari-Ktari et al 2008) and Maltese waters (Deidun et al 2015). This paper reports a new maximum size of S. diaspros and even, its large size is unique in the Mediterranean and the world seas for the time being
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