First record of the doublebar seabream, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Sparidae), in the Aegean Sea

Abstract

The present paper reports the second record of a Lessepsian migrant, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775), in the Mediterranean Sea and first record from the Aegean Sea. The species is distinguished by the counts of 5½ scale rows between the fifth dorsal-fin spine and lateral line, dorsal and caudal fins yellow, without a dense black margin of dorsal-fin or narrow black edge along rear margin of caudal fin which is being diagnostic characters of this species.

Keywords

• Sparidae
• Lessepsian
• Acanthopagrus
• Mediterranean