First record of the twobar sea bream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea


Published: May 8, 2014
Keywords:
Lessepsian migration ballast waters Sparidae Mediterranean Sea Tunisia
J. BEN-SOUISSI
W. BOUGHEDIR
M. RIFI
C. CAPAPE
E. AZZURRO
Abstract

In September 2010, one specimen of the twobar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Islands of Zembra (Gulf of Tunisi: 37°07’03’’N; 10°48’35’’E). This species could have entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal or alternatively by unintentional human transport.

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J. BEN-SOUISSI, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 avenue Charles Nicolle, cité Mahrajène, 1082 Tunis, Tunisia

Département des Ressources Animales, Halieutiques et des Technologies Agroalimentaires,

Full professor

W. BOUGHEDIR, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 avenue Charles Nicolle, cité Mahrajène, 1082 Tunis, Tunisia

Département des Ressources Animales, Halieutiques et des Technologies Agroalimentaires,

Assistant professor

M. RIFI, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, 43 avenue Charles Nicolle, cité Mahrajène, 1082 Tunis, Tunisia

Département des Ressources Animales, Halieutiques et des Technologies Agroalimentaires

Post doc

C. CAPAPE, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34 095 Montpellier cedex 5, France

Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie

Connfirmed researcher

E. AZZURRO, ISPRA National Institute for Environmental Protection and research
Cra 15, Confirmed researcher
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