First record of the Brassy Chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the Eastern Mediterranean (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Kyphosidae) |
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| Authors: | Menachem Goren Bella S. Galil Roy Gevili Nir Stern |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;2. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;3. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;4. Ashdod, Israel;5. National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel |
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| Abstract: | The Brassy Chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis, first recorded in the Mediterranean in 1998, is reported herein from the coast of Israel. The identity of the specimen was confirmed by morphological and molecular analysis. This is the first record of K. vaigiensis from the Eastern Mediterranean. The possible origins of the Israeli record is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Kyphosus vaigiensis alien species Levant Sea |
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