Marine Biodiversity Records

Table of Contents - Volume 5 - 2012  

Research Article

First record of the Bermuda sea chub Kyphosus saltatrix (Pisces: Kyphosidae) in Greek waters

Sotiris Kiparissisa1 c1, Dimitris Loukovitisa1 and Costas Batargiasa1

a1 Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, Nea Ktiria, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece

Abstract

A single specimen of Bermuda sea chub Kyphosus saltatrix was caught in the Ionian Sea (western Greece). It is the first occurrence of this species in Greek waters and it constitutes its easternmost verified distribution in the Mediterranean. The specimen was a 4-year old male, fully adapted to benthic life and its occurrence adds to the increasing rate of detections of this species in the basin during the last decades.

(Received November 19 2011)

(Accepted December 09 2011)

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c1 Correspondence should be addressed to S. Kiparissis, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, Nea Ktiria, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece email: skiparis@teimes.gr