First record of the non-indigenous sohal surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) (Chordata: Acanthuridae) from the Lebanese waters, eastern Mediterranean Sea

07/19/2022 Arda Tonay

First record of the non-indigenous sohal surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) (Chordata: Acanthuridae) from the Lebanese waters, eastern Mediterranean Sea

Ali Badreddine, Ghazi Bitar, Ricardo Aguilar

ORCID IDs: A.B. 0000-0003-4576-7400; G.B. 0000-0003-0270-5613; R.A. 0000-0001-6615-8626

Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, Department of Biology, Tyre-South LEBANON
Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, LEBANON
OCEANA, Gran Via 59, 9, 28013, Madrid, SPAIN

Abstract

The non-indigenous sohal surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal is reported for the first time from the Lebanese waters. On 29 April 2021, a fisherman captured one individual of the species at 5 m depth in Tyre, south Lebanon. This record constitutes the first one in the Lebanese waters and the third in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords: Acanthurus sohal, non-indigenous fishes, Lebanese waters, eastern Mediterranean Sea

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