On the occurrence of two lessepsian fishes in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: filefish Stephanolepis diaspros and goatfish Upeneus pori

Authors

CARLO PIPITONEFollow
FABIO BADALAMENTIFollow
GIOVANNI D'ANNAFollow
GIUSEPPE DI STEFANOFollow
ARTURO ZENONEFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

CARLO PIPITONE: 0000-0002-7632-1228

FABIO BADALAMENTI: 0000-0002-2395-454X

GIOVANNI ["D'ANNA"]: 0000-0002-8644-8222

GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO: 0009-0007-3293-9978

ARTURO ZENONE: 0000-0001-5540-7148

DOI

10.55730/1300-0179.3203

Abstract

The reticulated leatherjacket Stephanolepis diaspros and the Por’s goatfish Upeneus pori occur as lessepsian migrants in the eastern and central Mediterranean Sea. This article reports about the findings of one reticulated leatherjacket and two Por’s goatfishes in the Gulf of Castellammare, southern Tyrrhenian Sea, which suggest a possible westbound expansion of the Mediterranean distribution for the latter species. The specimens were three adults collected by professional fishermen on inshore sandy bottoms with a trammel net. The main meristic characters of both species, the identification issues in S. diaspros and the potential impact of U. pori on the native biota and on artisanal fisheries are briefly discussed.

Keywords

alien fishes, fisheries, Mediterranean, Nonindigenous species, Osteichthyes, range expansion

First Page

657

Last Page

663

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Recommended Citation

PIPITONE, CARLO; BADALAMENTI, FABIO; D'ANNA, GIOVANNI; DI STEFANO, GIUSEPPE; and ZENONE, ARTURO (2024) "On the occurrence of two lessepsian fishes in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: filefish Stephanolepis diaspros and goatfish Upeneus pori," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 48: No. 7, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0179.3203
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol48/iss7/5