The Indo-Pacific striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787), (Osteichtyes: Siluriformes) a new record from the Mediterranean
Golani, D. (2002). The Indo-Pacific striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787), (Osteichtyes: Siluriformes) a new record from the Mediterranean. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 66(3): 321-323. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2002.66n3321
In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, more
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| Keywords |
Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
Behaviour > Migrations
MED, Eastern Mediterranean
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) [WoRMS]; Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) [WoRMS]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
The striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787), is recorded for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean coast of Israel. Seventeen specimens of this highly-venomous fish were caught by a commercial trawler at depths of 20 m. This species' occurrence in the Mediterranean is the result of migration from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal ("Lessepsian migration"). |
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