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Records of Paralichthys lethostigma and Sciaenops ocellatus in the Mediterranean and Channa micropeltes in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2015

Daniel Golani ,
Oren Sonin  and
Guy Rubinstein
Daniel Golani*
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior and The National Natural History Collection of the Hebrew University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Oren Sonin
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 1213, Kiryat Haim 26105, Israel
Guy Rubinstein
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Ginosar Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: D. Golani, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior and The National Natural History Collection of the Hebrew University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two mariculture escapee specimens, the West Atlantic Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma and the Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus, were collected from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The former was reported for the first time from the Mediterranean, while the latter for the second time. A single aquarium escapee or released specimen of the Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes was collected for the first time from Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).

Keywords

Paralichthys lethostigmaChanna micropeltesSciaenops ocellatusfirst recordsescapeeMediterraneanLake KinneretIsrael
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e39
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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