Occurrence of the Atlantic species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), along the Mediterranean coast

Bodilis, Pascaline; Cheminée, Adrien; Miniconi, Roger; Arceo, Hazel O.; Francour, Patrice

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02010.x

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“…However, Insacco & Zava (1999) actually report the collection of a single specimen from "3 miles south of Capo Scalambri, Punta Secca, Ragusa (Malta Channel)", which is well outside Maltese waters. Although P. semicinctus has also been found in Tunisia, to date this species has never actually been sighted in Maltese waters (see Bodilis et al, 2012).…”

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Updated review of marine alien species and other ‘newcomers’ recorded from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

2015

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An updated review of marine alien species and other 'newcomers' recorded from the Maltese Islands is presented on account of new records and amendments to a previous review in 2007. Species were classified according to their establishment status ('Questionable', 'Casual', 'Established', 'Invasive') and origin ('Alien', 'Range expansion', 'Cryptogenic'). A total of 31 species were added to the inventory, while 6 species have been removed, bringing the total number of species to 73. Of these, 66 are considered to be aliens (or putative aliens but with uncertain origin) with the remaining 7 resulting from range expansion. Six records are considered to be questionable and hence unverified. For verified records, the dominant taxonomic groups are Mollusca (represented by 21 species) and Actinopterygii (15 species), followed by Crustacea (8 species) and Rhodophyta (7 species). Eight of these species (aliens: Caulerpa cylindracea, Lophocladia lallemandi, Womersleyella setacea, Brachidontes pharaonis, Percnon gibbesi, Fistularia commersonii, Siganus luridus; range extender: Sphoeroides pachygaster) are considered to be invasive. The introduction pathway for 30 species is unknown. Amongst the alien species, 'Shipping' is the most common introduction pathway, followed by 'Secondary dispersal' from elsewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. An increasing trend in the number of alien marine species reported from the Maltese Islands is evident, with a peak of 22 species recorded during the last decade (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010). A discussion on the rationale for including range-expanding species in national inventories of recent arrivals, and in the analysis of trends in records from the Maltese Islands, is included. In particular, the general warming trend of Mediterranean surface waters appears to be facilitating the westward spread of thermophilic alien species from the Eastern to the Central Mediterranean, and the eastward range expansion of tropical and subtropical Eastern Atlantic species.

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Updated review of marine alien species and other ‘newcomers’ recorded from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

2015

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“…Our findings were the same as those of other investigators (Bauchot, 1986;Ragonese & Giusto, 2000;Bilecenoğlu et al, 2009;Yağlıoğlu & Ayas, 2016). P. semicinctus usually burrows on sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal waters at depths from 10 to 30 m (Bauchot, 1986) where it is often caught by beach fishing nets and hook (Bodilis et al, 2012).…”

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“…Eight species of eel belonging to the Ophichthidae family are reported in the Mediterranean Sea. One of these fish is P. semicinctus (Bodilis et al 2012). The species which its main habitat is the East Atlantic coast is very rare in the Mediterranean Sea (Ragonese and Giusto, 2000;Ambrogi 2002).…”

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The occurrence of the Atlantic species Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae) in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey

Gökoğlu

Biçer

Korun

et al. 2020

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Fishermen caught a different eel species at night with hook on July 7, 2019 (36°48'59.21"N: 30°38'23.44"E). This fish has not been seen before in the Gulf of Antalya. This fish was identified as Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848). With the identification of this fish, a new species was added to the fish fauna of the Gulf of Antalya. In the present paper, we reported P. semicinctus for the first time from the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey (North-Eastern Mediterranean), for the third time from marine waters of Turkey.Keywords: Occurence; Pisodonophis semicinctus; the Gulf of Antalya

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First record of Pontinus kuhlii in Maltese waters

Castriota

Deidun

2014

Mar. Biodivers. Rec.

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Occurrence of the Atlantic species, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), along the Mediterranean coast

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Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Updated review of marine alien species and other ‘newcomers’ recorded from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

Updated review of marine alien species and other ‘newcomers’ recorded from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

The occurrence of the Atlantic species Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae) in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey

First record of Pontinus kuhlii in Maltese waters

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