Recent Update on the Distribution of Alien and Neonative Fishes in the Aegean Sea

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 4, 454 - 466, 31.12.2022

İlker Aydın , Önder Yıldırım , Kıvanç Topçuoğlu , Sercan Yapıcı

https://doi.org/10.33714/masteb.1185291

Abstract

The Mediterranean Sea is considered an aquatic biodiversity hotspot that hosts approximately 782 fish species and 72 of them are categorized as endemic. However, non-native species introductions that are of natural or human-mediated origin have posed a major threat to the biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea which is showing high rates of endemism. Here, we represent historical and recent updated data alien (Champsodon nudivittis, Nemipterus randalli, Pterois miles, Scarus ghobban, Scomberomorus commerson), neonative (Seriola fasciata, Sphoeroides pachygaster) fishes spreading on the Aegean Sea.

Keywords

Gibraltar Strait, Suez Canal, native species, non-native species, Bioinvasion

Supporting Institution

Ege University, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit.

Project Number

2017/SÜF/005

Thanks

The authors would like to thank captains Hasan BİRAN and Uğur Ali BİRAN of the F/V “DÜLGER” for supporting the survey. We also thank Mr. Yüksel Türk for providing some specimens as part of citizen science.

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