The role of social media in compensating for the lack of field studies: Five new fish species for <scp>Mediterranean Egypt</scp>

In the Mediterranean Sea, where biological invasions constitute a serious threat, combination of citizen science and social networks amplified power proper field studies, recording species that would have otherwise presumably passed unnoticed. Based on data collected several Facebook groups, we hereby first report presence five fish taxa (Kyphosus sp., Heniochus intermedius, Pomacanthus imperator, maculosus Abudefduf sp.) new for Egypt, revise their distribution in Sea discuss possible introduction pathways. Finally, provide some considerations potentiality media projects.