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Synchiropus sechellensis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Callionymidae), a new alien in the Aegean Sea and Hellenic waters

Gerasimos KONDYLATOS ; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
Maria CORSINI-FOKA ; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
Georgios APOSTOLOPOULOS ; Kallidromiou 41, Athens, GR 10681, Greece
Argyro ZENETOS orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-042X ; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 19003 Anavissos, Greece

Abstract

Synchiropus sechellensis (Regan, 1908) was discovered in Kastellorizo Isl. (Levantine Sea, Greece) in September 2014, few months after its first record in Antalya Gulf, Turkey. Later, in February 2016, the species was recorded for the first time in the Aegean Sea, in Rhodes Island. The short time interval between the findings indicates a possible establishment in the area and a dynamic spread of the species northwards in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Keywords

Synchiropus sechellensis; Callionymidae; alien fish; Aegean Sea; Eastern Mediterranean

Hrčak ID:

162309

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162309

Publication date:

28.6.2016.

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