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Two to four humpback dolphins were first time observed at two occasions on 3 February and 25 April 2016 on Turkish coastal waters of the Northeast Mediterranean. They were recorded by under-water cameras while feeding on fish escaping from experimental demersal trawl during two separate operations conducted on shallow waters. Although the quality of the footage was quite good, the individuals could only be identified at genus level. When the distribution ranges of the genus and recent enlargement of the Suez Channel are considered, the individuals are most likely of the strays of Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea).

First Report of the Parasitic Nematode Pseudoterranova spp. Found in Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in Greece: Conservation Implications

“…Currently, more species of Lessepsian migrators are recorded in the Mediterranean, and many of them have also been established in their own ecological niches [11]. The latest record of a marine mammal migrating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean is that of the Indian humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) sighted both on Turkish coastal waters off the northeast Mediterranean and in Karavolas Bay, near the port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece [12,13].…”

A Reliable and Cost-Efficient PCR-RFLP Tool for the Rapid Identification of Cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea

“…The specific identification of humpback dolphins (Sousa sp. Gray, 1866) is often difficult in the Mediterranean [18,19]; although Sousa chinsensis (Osbeck, 1756) has been previously mentioned in the checklist of Mediterranean species [16], more recent literature referred only to S. plumbea (Cuvier, 1829) [3,17]. Therefore, as a cautionary approach, we included both of them in the presence list.…”