First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Sarah Ohayon; Walter Neser; Shevy B.S. Rothman

doi:10.1017/S0025315425000256

First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Sarah Ohayon, Walter Neser, Shevy B.S. Rothman

The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

Tel Aviv University

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We report the first non-indigenous dottyback Pseudochromis persicus record in the Mediterranean Sea. A single individual was documented several times at the same location on October 2024 in Bat Galim reef, a shallow rocky shelf of Rosh Carmel underwater ridge on the northern coast of Israel. This record represents the first sighting of Pseudochromidae, a family native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea. It is also the first record of P. persicus beyond its native range in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.

Original language	English
Article number	e30
Journal	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Volume	105
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315425000256
State	Published - 26 Feb 2025

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Mediterranean Sea
Pseudochromidae
alien fish
first record
non-indigenous species

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First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

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