Distribution and characterization of Lessepsian migrant fishes along the coast of Libya
2007
Shakman, E.A. | Kinzelbach, R.,Universitaet Rostock , Rostock (Germany). Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie
The catches of commercial fisheries vessels along the about 2000 km of the Libyan coast were monitoring between January 2005 and March 2006. Sixteen Lessepsian fish species (the term Lessepsian migration was coined for the migration organisms from the Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean throug the Suez Canal), representing 14 families, were recently found, two of which are considered to be first records for Libya: Herklotsichthys punctatus (Rüppell, 1837) and Liza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836). All were found in the coastal area (1-50 m depth), 12.5 percent on the vegetation, 31.25 percent on sandy bottoms, 12.5 percent on rocks, while the majority of them (43.75 percent) were pelagic. More than 37 percent of the recorded Lessepsian fish species are of commercial value, especially rabbitfish (Siganus spp.)
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