First record of Apogon queketti gilchrist (Osteichthyes : Apogonidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

The spotfin cardinalfish Apogon queketti is recorded for the first time in the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea (Iskenderun Bay, Turkey). Two specimens of this species, 111 and 102 mm total length were caught by a commercial trawler at depths of 55 and 60 m on 14 October 2004 and 23 April 2005, respectively. The occurrence of this species in the Mediterranean Sea is the result of migration from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal. (c) 2006 The Authors Journal compilation (c) 2006 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.