First record of the Red Sea shrimp-goby Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus in the Mediterranean Sea

Autor: Menachem Goren, Shevy B.-S. Rothman
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Marine Biodiversity Records. 8
ISSN: 1755-2672
DOI: 10.1017/s1755267215001323
Popis: We report a first record of the alien fishCryptocentrus caeruleopunctatusin the Mediterranean Sea. The fish was found along the northern coast of Israel. This finding increases the number of Red Sea gobies in the Mediterranean to six, and the number of shrimp-gobies to two. A dense colony of this species was observed at depths of 20–30 m in the Rosh Ha'nikra-Achziv Nature Reserve.
Databáze: OpenAIRE