Mediterranean Marine Science (May 2014)

First record of the twobar sea bream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

  • J. BEN-SOUISSI,
  • W. BOUGHEDIR,
  • M. RIFI,
  • C. CAPAPE,
  • E. AZZURRO

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.774
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2
pp. 437 – 439

Abstract

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In September 2010, one specimen of the twobar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Islands of Zembra (Gulf of Tunisi: 37°07’03’’N; 10°48’35’’E). This species could have entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal or alternatively by unintentional human transport.

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