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First record of the Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2013

Oren Sonin ,
Pierre Salameh ,
Dor Edelist  and
Daniel Golani
Oren Sonin
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, PO Box 1213, Kiryat Haim, 26105, Israel
Pierre Salameh
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, PO Box 1213, Kiryat Haim, 26105, Israel
Dor Edelist
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, PO Box 1213, Kiryat Haim, 26105, Israel The Leon Recanati Institute for Marine Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel
Daniel Golani*
Affiliation:
The Israeli National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: D. Golani, The Israeli National Natural History Collections and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel email: dani.golani@mail.huji.ac.il
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Abstract

The Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali, was collected for the first time off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. This finding, in addition to another specimen reported recently from Lebanon and numerous observations by underwater divers, strongly suggests that this species has established a population in the eastern Mediterranean.

Keywords

Parupeneus forsskalilessepsian migrationMediterraneanIsrael
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e105
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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