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Pencil cardinal Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide 1950, a western Mediterranean fish: Newly recorded from the Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)

2023; Volume: 24; Issue: 73 Linguagem: Inglês

10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e25s1025

ISSN

2319-5754

Autores

Amir Ibrahim, Firas Alshawy, Chirine Hussein,

Tópico(s)

Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Resumo

Due to its location between the continents of the ancient world, Mediterranean Sea is exposed to various climatic conditions, which play a role in the differences in biodiversity between the western, central and eastern Mediterranean.The family Epigonidae spread in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Epigonus denticulatus is one of the Epigonidae spread in the western Mediterranean and was not record before in the eastern Mediterranean except for the Turkish coasts.In this paper, we present the species Epigonus denticulatus as the first record in the Syrian marine waters, which has the possibility of spreading towards the south in the eastern Mediterranean.

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