Six specimens of Bregmaceros nectabanus were collected during the acoustic survey
MEDIAS in two consecutive years, off Termoli (Italy) in 2020 and in Albanian
waters in 2021, during two night shallow hauls. We report the northernmost record
of the alien species in the Mediterranean Sea (Northern Adriatic Sea, FAO fishing
area 37.2.1) and one of the highest number of individuals caught in a single haul.
This finding testifies a recent geographical spread to the eastern Mediterranean Sea
from its distribution area in the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Red Sea, reaching the
Adriatic Sea during the 2019. Our records support the hypothesis of a possible
establishment of B. nectabanus in this basin.
2022 -
Journal article
BioInvasions Records 11 (2022): 796–802. doi:10.3391/bir.2022.11.3.21
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