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First record of the Indo-Pacific slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) in the Mediterranean.

The slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 27 May 2011. This Indo-Pacific species evidently reached the Mediterranean by…
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First record of the Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 15 May 2015, which suggests that species has established a viable population in the Levant.
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First record of the Indian Ocean anchovy Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) in the Mediterranean.

The Golden anchovy Stolephorus insularis was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 7 August 2009 and several specimens were collected over a period of time which indicates that this species has established a viable population in the Levant.
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First confirmed record of the blue tang, Acanthurus coeruleus (Actinopterygii:Perciformes:Acanthuridae) in the Mediterranean

It is postulate that this species may be considered as having established a population in this region since hitherto it was known from this region only by a single underwater photograph from Cyprus.
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Diplodus levantinus (Teleostei: Sparidae), a new species of sea bream from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea of Israel, with a checklist and a key to the species of the Diplodus sargus species group

The sea bream Diplodus levantinus n. sp. is described from off the coasts of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it replaces Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758). The new species is…
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First record of the Indo-Pacific fish the Jarbua terapon ( Terapon jarbua ) (Osteichthyes: Terapontidae) in the Mediterranean with remarks on the wide geographical distribution of this species

The Indo-Pacific fish Terapon jarbua is recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean. This record is evidentially the result of T. jarbua entering the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal (Lessepsian…
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Molecular comparison of geographically extreme populations of fish species of wide Indo-Pacific distribution

Results indicate the importance of DNA genetic analysis in revealing possible cryptic species and supplementing classic taxonomic studies, as well as contributing to a reappraisal of the zoogeography and evolution of Indo-Pacific ichthyofauna and enhancing the understanding of fish biodiversity.
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Evoxymetopon moricheni, a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae)

Evoxymetopon moricheni n. sp. is described from the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, on the basis of a single specimen. It is characterised within the genus by a convex upper head profile; the…
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First record of the Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis (Actinopterygii: Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

. The Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858, was recorded for the first time from the southeastern Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 17 May 2013. This eastern Atlantic species is rare…
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Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus n. sp., a new species of flounder (Teleostei: Bothidae) from off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, probably a new case of Lessepsian migration

The filamentous flounder Arnoglossus nigrofilamentosus n. sp. is described from four specimens collected in the southeastern Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 5 May 2017. The new species is…
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