Abstract
A specimen of Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) was caught on 4 October 2018 by a commercial gillnet fishery from shallow waters of the Gulf of Izmir, northern Aegean Sea, at a depth of 8 m. The presently reported study constitutes the first record of the mangrove red snapper for the Aegean Sea but also the third record for the Mediterranean Sea.
Highlights
Mauritius, Reunion, and the central islands of theThe family Lutjanidae includes 112 species Federated States of Micronesia), north to the Red Sea and occurring in all tropical and subtropical seas (Froese the Persian Gulf, east to Samoa and the Line Islands, north and Pauly 2019), and only three of them—Lutjanus to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia
It has dispersed argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775), Lutjanus fulviflamma into the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal but it is (Forsskål, 1775), and Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) not well established there
Zenetos et al (2016), believed that the On 4 October 2018, a specimen of Lutjanus latter two species (i.e., L. fulviflamma and L. sebae) might argentimaculatus, measuring 305 mm TL (Fig. 1) was have been potentially introduced into the Mediterranean captured by a commercial gillnet of 72 mm mesh size via aquarium trade or shipping
Summary
The family Lutjanidae (snappers) includes 112 species Federated States of Micronesia), north to the Red Sea and occurring in all tropical and subtropical seas (Froese the Persian Gulf, east to Samoa and the Line Islands, north and Pauly 2019), and only three of them—Lutjanus to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. It has dispersed argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775), Lutjanus fulviflamma into the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal but it is (Forsskål, 1775), and Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) not well established there
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