Lessepsian Migration with the First Record of the Red Sea Goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) in the Coastal Waters of Egyptian Mediterranean Sea | Chapter 08 | Advances in Agriculture and Fisheries Research Vol. 1
Not all the invasion through the Suez
Canal is of negative impacts, the richness of Red Sea species introduced
through the Suez Canal (Lessepsian species) to the eastern Mediterranean
coastline, reaching a maximum of 129 species per 100 km2. Many Lessepsian
species have positive impacts on the ecosystem and biodiversity as well as
securing food for millions of people in the coastal communities. In Egypt, more
than 50% of the Mediterranean catch is of Red Sea origin. In this Chapter, we
discuss the history of invasion through Suez Canal with the first record of the
Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters as
well as the economic values of the Lessepsian immigrants in the Egyptian
waters. On 31 January 2016, a single specimen of this species was captured from
Alexandria coastal waters (31°16'N; 30°10'E), Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. The
collected specimen represents the first record of P. forsskali in the Egyptian
Mediterranean waters. This specimen has a total length of 26.5 cm, fork length
of 23.0 cm and standard length of 21.5 cm and weighed 228.4 g total weight.
Author(s) Details
Sahar F. Mehanna
Fisheries Division, Fish
Population Dynamics laboratory, National Institute of Oceanography and
Fisheries, Egypt.
Eman M. Hassanien
Fisheries Division, Fish
Population Dynamics laboratory, National Institute of Oceanography and
Fisheries, Egypt.
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