The Presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea
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Jun 3, 2013
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Invasive species Lessepsian migration Suez Canal Eastern Mediterranean Lebanon.
Abstract
Here we report the occurrence of Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the capture of two specimens along the coast of Lebanon. Previously, only one record of the species from the Mediterranean Sea had been documented. The new records highlight the arrival of new propagules of P. miles, more than two decades later, hinting to a future potential invasion of the Mediterranean Sea.
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BARICHE, M., TORRES, M., & AZZURRO, E. (2013). The Presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2), 292–294. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.428
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Golani, D., Sonin, O., 1992. New records of the Red Sea fishes, Pterois miles (Scorpaenidae) and Pteragogus pelycus (Labridae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39 (2), 167-169.
Golani, D., Orsi-Relini, E., Massuti, E., Quignard, J-P., 2002. CIESM atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. Vol.1. Fishes. CIESM Publishers, Monaco, 256 pp.
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Green, S.J., Akins, J.L., Maljković, A., Côté, I.M., 2012. Invasive Lionfish drive Atlantic coral reef fish declines. PLoS ONE, 7 (3), e32596.
Hamner, R.M., Freshwater, D.W., Whitfield, P.E., 2007. Mitochondrial cytochrome b analysis reveals two invasive lionfish species with strong founder effects in the western Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, 71, 214-222.
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