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First record of the Atlantic island grouper Mycteroperca fusca in the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2010

Phillip Heemstra ,
Andrey Aronov  and
Menachem Goren
Phillip Heemstra
Affiliation:
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140South Africa
Andrey Aronov
Affiliation:
Hahistadrut-9, Pardes Hana, Israel
Menachem Goren*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Goren, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel email: gorenm@post.tau.ac.il
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Abstract

A specimen of Mycteroperca fusca was speared at a depth of 12 m off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. This is the first record of this Atlantic species from the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

Mediterranean Seaalien speciesMycteroperca fusca
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e92
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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