Document of bibliographic reference 330728

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

BibLvlCode

AS

Title

First record of the Lessepsian fish Parexocoetus mento in Italian waters and GIS-based spatial and temporal distribution in Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

The Strait of Sicily in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea is considered a crossroads between the western and the eastern basins for species immigrating from the Atlantic Ocean and Lessepsian species. Among the latter, the African sailfin flyingfish Parexocoetus mento was recently collected from Lampedusa Island in November 2017, and represents the first documented record in Italian waters. In this paper, the morphological and meristic characteristics of this specimen are reported and discussed, compared with the other species of the genus Parexocoetus. Furthermore, as mapping and monitoring the distribution of invasive species is crucial to understanding their establishment and spread and then to manage the invasion process, the occurrences distribution of P. mento in the Mediterranean Sea was studied. The application of GIS-based spatial statistics allowed to identify significant clustering areas and dispersion areas of the species, summarizing the key characteristics, and underlining directional trends of distribution. GIS analysis identified two similar groups of records (1935/1966 and 1986/2017 time period), showing a change of distribution spatial pattern over time. An earlier spread direction in the Mediterranean east coast and a settled area of P. mento were found. The analysis also includes the specimen caught in Italian waters.

Abstract in other language

GIS; Lessepsian species; Mediterranean Sea;Parexocoetus mento; spatial statistics; Strait ofSicily

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000598020000015

Bibliographic citation

Falautano, M.; Perzia, P.; Castriota, L. (2020). First record of the Lessepsian fish Parexocoetus mento in Italian waters and GIS-based spatial and temporal distribution in Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 100(7): 1163-1169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002531542000096x

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true