Acta Adriatica, Vol. 63 No. 1, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.6
First substantiated record of slender goby Gobius geniporus (Osteichthyes: Gobiidae) from the Syrian coast (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)
Adib Saad
; Marine Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, P.O. Box 1408, Lattakia, Syria
Nour Ali Basha
; Marine Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, P.O. Box 1408, Lattakia, Syria
Nader Hamwi
; Ichthyology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Hama University, Hama, Syria
Abdullah Tufahha
; Marine Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, P.O. Box 1408, Lattakia, Syria
Christian Capapé
; Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, Université de Montpellier, 3 4 095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
Abstract
A specimen of slender goby Gobius geniporus Valenciennes, 1837 was caught on 21 February
2021, from the Syrian coast at a depth of 13 m. This specimen measured 87 mm in total length and
weighed 6.89 g. The present finding represents the first record of G. geniporus from the Syrian coast
and confirms the species occurrence in the Levant Basin, eastern region from the Mediterranean
Sea.
Keywords
Gobius geniporus; extension range; Gobiidae; Syrian coast; Levant Basin
Hrčak ID:
281131
URI
Publication date:
8.8.2022.
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