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First record of the Red Sea shrimp-goby Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus in the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2015

Shevy B.S. Rothman  and
Menachem Goren
Shevy B.S. Rothman
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69778, Israel
Menachem Goren*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69778, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Goren, Department of Zoology and The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69778, Israel email: gorenm@tauex.tau.ac.il
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Abstract

We report a first record of the alien fish Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus in the Mediterranean Sea. The fish was found along the northern coast of Israel. This finding increases the number of Red Sea gobies in the Mediterranean to six, and the number of shrimp-gobies to two. A dense colony of this species was observed at depths of 20–30 m in the Rosh Ha'nikra-Achziv Nature Reserve.

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Mediterranean Seaalien speciesCryptocentrus caeruleopunctatusshrimp-goby

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e157
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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