First occurrence of native cymothoids parasites on introduced rabbitfishes in the Mediterranean Sea

2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmail Shakman ◽  
Ragnar Kinzelbach ◽  
Jean Trilles ◽  
Michel Bariche
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
First Record ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Siganus Rivulatus

AbstractThis paper presents the first record of two native Mediterranean cymothoid species caught attached to introduced Lessepsian rabbitfishes. This is also the first record of cymothoids from the coastal waters of Libya. Anilocra physodes was collected from Siganus luridus while Nerocila bivittata was found on both Siganus rivulatus and S. luridus. Rabbitfishes in the southern central Mediterranean have acquired native Mediterranean cymothoids but do not seem to be infested along the Levantine coast.

First record of the marbled spinefoot Siganus rivulatus (Pisces: Siganidae) in the Adriatic Sea

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 1087-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dulĉić ◽  
A. Pallaoro
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Beach Seine ◽  
Total Length ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Siganus Rivulatus ◽  
First Time

Lessepsian migrant Siganus rivulatus is reported for the first time from the Adriatic Sea, substantially further north than its usual area of occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea. Two specimens (111 mm total length [TL] and 149 mm TL) were captured by beach seine on 5 October 2002 off islet Bobara, near Cavtat (southern Adriatic). Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the specimens are provided. The possible explanations of this occurrence are discussed.

scholarly journals The Portuguese Man-of-war, One of The Most Dangerous Marine Species, Has Always Entered The Mediterranean Sea: Strandings, Sightings And Museum Collections

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Badalamenti ◽  
Francesco Tiralongo ◽  
Vincenzo Arizza ◽  
Sabrina Lo Brutto
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
Physalia Physalis

Abstract A search from different kinds of sources has been carried out to review the incidence of Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, in the Mediterranean Sea; scientific and grey literature, social media, zoological museums were accessed. The records of the species were considered validated if documented with images or collected specimens. It was possible to date the putative first record of Physalia physalis in the Mediterranean Sea, thanks to a couple of colonies preserved in a historical collection, originating from the Gulf of Naples in 1914. Some massive strandings occurred in localities of the Alboran Sea, area of entrance from the Atlantic from where the species spread mainly along the Sicilian waters, in the central Mediterranean Sea. The records from the Italian maritime regions were then subdivided into three categories of risk according to the season of occurrence. These categories were created to assign a level of danger for swimmers to the sightings of Physalia physalis. The increasing sightings of such a poisonous organism in coastal waters can represent a risk to human health, and also to all those activities linked to the marine tourism sector. The involvement of citizens and touristic structures for the early detection of Physalia physalis can play a key role in preventing encounters with the species, allowing marine tourist facilities to operate within a range of reasonable security.

First record of Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (Crustacea, Cirripedia) in the Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Sea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4743 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-450
Author(s):  
M. CAVALLARO ◽  
G. AMMENDOLIA ◽  
P. BATTAGLIA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Central Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean

Four specimens of Dosima fascicularis were collected from the Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Basin), representing the first record of the species from this locality, the second from Italian waters, and the most eastern indication of the species in the Mediterranean Sea. 

First record of the redlip blenny Ophioblennius atlanticus (Osteichthyes: Blenniidae) in the Mediterranean

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark-Anthony Falzon
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

The redlip blenny,Ophioblennius atlanticus, is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, (central Mediterranean, Malta). The morphology of the fish and the sighting location are described here and the biogeographical relevance of the record discussed.

scholarly journals First record of Dipolydora blakei (Annelida: Spionidae) from Europe: Greece, Mediterranean Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. RADASHEVSKY ◽  
N. SIMBOURA
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ionian Sea ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Of Greece

The spionid polychaete Dipolydora blakei is identified from benthic samples collected in the Aegean Sea off Chalkis and the Ionian Sea off Kalamitsi, both on the coast of Greece. Adults of D. blakei are characterized by having the falcate spines of chaetiger 5 with a large lateral tooth and bristles on the convex side of a long and pointed main fang, awl-like spines in posterior notopodia, branchiae beginning from chaetiger 7 and a pygidium with two lateral lobes. This is the first report of the species from the Mediterranean Sea and European waters and the second record (after one from Brazil) outside its type locality in deep-water off New England in the north-west Atlantic Ocean. The morphology of the Greek specimens is described and illustrated and diagnostic characters of the species are discussed. The origin of these specimens in the coastal waters of Greece is uncertain and the species is considered as cryptogenic in the Mediterranean Sea. An identification key to Dipolydora species with bristle-topped falcate spines in chaetiger 5 known from the Mediterranean Sea and European waters is provided.

Age, growth, biological and ecological aspects of Remora osteochir (Echeneidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
P. Battaglia ◽  
A. Potoschi ◽  
M. Valastro ◽  
F. Andaloro ◽  
T. Romeo
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Age And Growth ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Length Relationship ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
The Mediterranean

This paper provides for the first time data on age and growth ofRemora osteochir, also describing its sagittal otolith together with other biological and ecological aspects. Overall, 236 individuals of marlin sucker were collected in the southern-central Mediterranean Sea, from 2008 to 2009. All samples were hosted by the Mediterranean spearfish,Tetrapturus belone, caught by surface longline and harpoon. Analysis of gonads identified a reproductive peak during June and July. The estimated growth parameters according to the von Bertalanffy equation were:L∞= 27.37 cm TL,k= 0.248 year−1,t0= −1.36 year. The length-weight relationship, computed by using eviscerate weight, highlighted an isometric growth for both sexes, as supported by the other results: similar sizes, growth curves and disc length-total length relationship.

scholarly journals Morphological and genetic barcoding study confirming the first Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) report in the Mediterranean Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 609 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. VELLA ◽  
S. AGIUS DARMANIN ◽  
N. VELLA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Morphometric Measurements ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Colour Patterns ◽  
Genetic Barcoding

This paper presents morphometric and genetic barcoding analyses of the first record of the Cocoa Damselfish, Stegastes variabilis in the Mediterranean Sea. A single specimen was captured from Senglea waterfront, Malta (Central Mediterranean) on the 15th of September 2013. The species is non-indigenous in the Mediterranean, as it is native to the tropical Western Atlantic. Apart from undertaking identification through meristics and morphometric measurements of the specimen, genetic analyss of the 3410 bp mtDNA genes were carried out to confirm the species' identity. The latter was useful given that the genus Stegastes is known to be composed of morphologically very similar species, with variable colour patterns.

scholarly journals The arrival of a second ‘Lessepsian sprinter’? A first record of the red cornetfish Fistularia petimba in the Eastern Mediterranean

2017 ◽  
pp. 524 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIR STERN ◽  
GUY PAZ ◽  
YANA YUDKOVSKY ◽  
HADAS LUBINEVSKY ◽  
BARUCH RINKEVICH
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Cryptic Diversity ◽  
Molecular Tools ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Levantine Basin ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mediterranean

Here we document the first occurrence of the red cornetfish Fistularia petimba in the Levantine Basin. This species identity has been confirmed using morphological and molecular tools, and is presented here with simplified illustrations for accurate future identification. This report voices a concern regarding another blitz invasion of a cornetfish into the Mediterranean, following its Lessepsian sprinter congeneric, F. commersonii, one of the most efficacious invaders of the Mediterranean Sea. The wide intra-specific genetic distances found between sympatric F. petimba specimens in the available literature resources may also demonstrate the presence of cryptic diversity within this taxon.

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