Short communication, Note

Unusual presence of juveniles of the Indo-Pacific blackmouth splitfin Synagrops japonicus in the southwest Mediterranean coast

M. Salah Hannachi ; Marine Bioresources Laboratory, Annaba University Badji-Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria
M. Sofiane Boubekeur ; Marine Bioresources Laboratory, Annaba University Badji-Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria
Farid Derbal ; Marine Bioresources Laboratory, Annaba University Badji-Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria
M. Hichem Kara ; Marine Bioresources Laboratory, Annaba University Badji-Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria

Abstract

This paper reports additional records of the Indo-Pacific fish Synagrops japonicus (Doderlein, 1884) in Western Mediterranean. Twenty juveniles of this species ranging from 4 to 4.8 cm (TL) were caught in Annaba Bay, Algeria, using beach seine, in Summer of 2011 (9 specimens, 4 ≤ TL ≤ 4.6 cm) and 2012 (11 specimens, 4.2 ≤ TL ≤ 4.8 cm). Some hypotheses on the origin of this unusual presence are discussed.

Keywords

Synagrops japonicus; new record; morphology; Mediterranean; Algeria

Hrčak ID:

152261

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152261

Publication date:

15.12.2015.

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