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Settlement of the lessepsian blue-barred parrotfish Scarus ghobban (Teleostei: Scaridae) in the eastern Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

Michel Bariche  and
Mohammed Saad
Michel Bariche*
Affiliation:
American University of Beirut, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, PO Box 11-0236 Beirut, Lebanon
Mohammed Saad
Affiliation:
American University of Beirut, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, PO Box 11-0236 Beirut, Lebanon
*
Corresponding should be addressed to: M. Bariche, American University of Beirut, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, PO Box 11-0236 Beirut, Lebanon email: michel.bariche@aub.edu.lb
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Abstract

A specimen of the Indo-Pacific parrotfish Scarus ghobban has been reported from the Mediterranean Sea. The fish, the second one from the Mediterranean, was speared off the shore of Beirut (Lebanon) in November 2004. Morphometric measurements and meristic traits are provided and the presence of the species in the Mediterranean since 1999 is discussed.

Keywords

parrotfishScarus ghobbanlessepsian migrationLebanoneastern Mediterranean
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e5
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2005

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