First record of the Brassy Chub Kyphosus vaigiensis  (Pisces: Kyphosidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Libya

Amani FITORI; Ali EL-FITURI; Daniel GOLANI

doi:10.32582/aa.63.1.12

First record of the Brassy Chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Pisces: Kyphosidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Libya

Authors

Amani FITORI
Ali EL-FITURI
Daniel GOLANI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.12

Keywords:

Kyphosus vaigiensis, Mediterranean, Libya, invasive

Abstract

In the present paper we report the first record of the Brassy Chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy and Giamard, 1825) from the Mediterranean coast of Libya. It is assumed that this species arrived into the Mediterranean from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal. We stress the need of taxonomic study on the genus Kyphosus in the Mediterranean.

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Published

28.07.2022

Issue

Vol. 63 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Short communication

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