Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 43(4): 319-321, doi: 10.3750/AIP2013.43.4.10
First record of the Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis (Actinopterygii: Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel
expand article infoD. Golani, R. Fricke, B. Appelbaum-Golani

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Citation: Golani D, Fricke R, Appelbaum-Golani B (2013) First record of the Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis (Actinopterygii: Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 43(4): 319-321. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2013.43.4.10
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Abstract
The Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858, was recorded for the first time from the southeastern Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 17 May 2013. This eastern Atlantic species is rare in the western Mediterranean, but now also documented from the southeastern Mediterranean.
Keywords
Solea senegalensis, Soleidae, first record, Mediterranean, Israel, distribution, fish biodiversity, zoogeography