First record of Chilomycterus reticulatus (Osteichthyes: Diodontidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

The spotfin burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus (405 mm standard length) is recorded for the first time on the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea. The adult specimen was found dried on a beach near the south Sardinian Sea (S. Antioco's Island). Photographs and morphometrics of the specimen are given.

New and rare coastal fishes in the Azores islands: occasional events or tropicalization process?

“…reticulatus . This circumglobal tropical species also occurs at Madeira (Wirtz et al ., ), the Canary Islands (Brito et al ., ) and, very rarely, in the Mediterranean Sea (Follesa et al ., ).…”

“…reticulatus. This circumglobal tropical species also occurs at Madeira (Wirtz et al ., 2008), the Canary Islands (Brito et al ., 2002) and, very rarely, in the Mediterranean Sea (Follesa et al ., 2009). Diodontidae, Diodon holacanthus L. 1758, longspined porcupinefish, peixe balão espinhoso.…”

First record of Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus (Osteichthyes: Diodontidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

“…The abovementioned data, combined with the natural distribution of Chilomycterus mauretanicus spinosus and the fact Corresponding author: A. Garrido Email: ana.garrido.diaz@juntadeandalucia.es that it was captured alive, makes us think that the gateway to the Mediterranean was in fact the Strait of Gibraltar, either by natural means aided by the continued inflow of water from the Atlantic or via ballast water coming as egg or larvae (Orsi Follesa et al, 2009).…”

“…It is represented by three exotic species in the Mediterranean: Diodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758), first mentioned in 1963 (Torchio, 1963); Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982) quoted in 1993 (Golani, 1993); and Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) cited in 2009 (Follesa et al, 2009). Whereas Diodon hystrix and Chilomycterus reticulatus came through the Strait of Gibraltar, Cyclichthys spilostylus came through the Suez Canal (Golani et al, 2002).…”

First Record of Spotbase Burrfish, <I>Cyclichthysspilostylus</I> (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae), from the Marine Waters of Turkey

“…Remarks. The family Diodontidae is represented in the Mediterranean Sea by three species: spot-fin porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix L.; spotfin burrfish, Chilomycterus reticulatus (L.); and C. spilostylus (see Leis and Randall 1982, Leis 1986, Leis 2001, Follesa et al 2009). The spotbase burrfish was photographed for the first time from the Galapagos Island in March, 1978(Humann 1993 and this species was first described as Chilomycterus spilostylus by Leis and Randall (1982) Matsuura et al 1993, Leis 2006, Golani et al 2010.…”