Additional records of three exotic teleost species Dory snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma (Lutjanidae), Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator and yellow bar angelfish P. maculosus (Pomacanthidae) from the Syrian coast (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Abstract

The authors present new captures of three exotic teleost species in the Syrian marine waters. The first capture concerned a specimen of Dory snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) which measured 222 mm total length (TL) and weighed 161 g. The second capture was a yellow bar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775) which measured 245 mm total length and weighed 489 g. The third capture was a specimen of Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) which measured 175 mm total length and weighed 456 g. These new captures suggest that viable populations of these three species are successfully established in the Syrian marine waters.

Keywords

• Lutjanidae
• Pomacanthidae
• migration
• extension range
• Levant Basin
• Syrian coast