First record of a Lessepsian migrant, Pomadasys stridens (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Haemulidae), from the Aegean Sea, Turkey

First record of the Indo-Pacific slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) from Turkey

Eight specimens of the slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus were collected, by otter trawl, between 6 December 2014 and 18 April 2015 from Turkish waters, off Mersin. This constitutes the second record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea and is about 530 km distant from the site of first record (Tel Aviv, Israel).

First confirmed record of the Lessepsian migrant Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 (Teleostei: Labridae) for the North African coasts

On July 2010, a single specimen of Pteragogus pelycus was captured by gillnets along the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt (approximate position 31°14′N, 29°55′E) between 15 and 25 m of depth. This observation represents the first confirmed record of this species from the North African coasts.

(Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from tropical Indo-West Pacific Haemulidae (Perciformes)

A survey of the parasites of Indo-West Pacific Haemulidae revealed the presence of three new cryptogonimid (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) species warranting two new genera, Beluesca littlewoodi n. gen., n. sp. and B. longicolla n. sp. from the intestine and pyloric caeca of Plectorhinchus gibbosus and Chelediadema marjoriae n. gen., n. sp. from the intestine and pyloric caeca of Diagramma labiosum,...

First record of Ebria tripartita (Schumann) Lemmermann, 1899 from south of the Caspian Sea

Ebria tripartita (Schumann) Lemmermann, 1899, a non-photosynthetic flagellate was identified from the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in December 2012. Water temperature at the sampling time was 10 ºC.  The abundance of total phytoplankton cells was 3 × 106 Cells.l-1, while E. tripartita with 2 × 10 3 Cells. l-1 included 0.75% of phytoplankton community. Water quality parameters were recorded...

The first record of southern ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi from Northern Oman Sea, Iran