First record of the Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) in the Mediterranean Sea.

@article{Fricke2015FirstRO,
  title={First record of the Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) in the Mediterranean Sea.},
  author={Ronald Fricke and Daniel Golani and Brenda Appelbaum-Golani},
  journal={BioInvasions Records},
  year={2015},
  volume={4},
  pages={293-297}
}
The Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 15 May 2015. This Indo-West Pacific species evidently reached the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal from the Red Sea. Several specimens of Stolephorus insularis were also collected, which suggests that species has established a viable population in the Levant. 
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