New record of a Lessepsian migrant Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 (Teleostei: Labridae) for northern Cyprus
Articles > Article · 2000
Authors: Murat Kaya, Murat Bilecenoğlu, Daniel Golani
Zoology in the Middle East, International, Scopus, 2000, vol 20, pp 65-68
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2000.10637814
Summary
The fish Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 is reported from the coast of northern Cyprus for the first time. The species has apparently reached the Mediterranean from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant. This record is one of the first of the species in the Mediterranean Sea.