Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 43(4): 315-317, doi: 10.3750/AIP2013.43.4.09
Second record of the Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Rachycentridae), from the Mediterranean Sea
O. Akyol, V. ÜnalCorresponding author: O. Akyol © O. Akyol, V. Ünal. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Akyol O, Ünal V (2013) Second record of the Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Rachycentridae), from the Mediterranean Sea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 43(4): 315-317. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2013.43.4.09 |  |
Abstract
On 2 August 2013, a specimen of the cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766), was caught off Marmaris, south-eastern Aegean coast of Turkey. The fish was examined and morphometric characteristics of the specimen collected were determined. The species is being reported from the second time in the Mediterranean, preceded by its first occurrence off Haifa, Israel in 1978. The newly caught specimen was larger (SL) than the previously recorded individual (923 mm vs. 766 mm). All measurements, counts, and colour patterns determined were consistent with earlier published descriptions of the species.
Keywords
Rachycentron canadum, cobia, Lessepsian migration, Mediterranean