Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 45(4): 423-425, doi: 10.3750/AIP2015.45.4.12
New record of the Mozambique scorpionfish, Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
R. Fricke, D. Golani, B. Appelbaum-GolaniCorresponding author: R. Fricke © R. Fricke, D. Golani, B. Appelbaum-Golani. 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:
Fricke R, Golani D, Appelbaum-Golani B (2015) New record of the Mozambique scorpionfish, Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855) (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), from Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 45(4): 423-425. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2015.45.4.12 |  |
Abstract
The Mozambique scorpionfish, Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855), is recorded for the first time from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, based on a specimen collected at the north beach of Eilat, Israel at a depth of 10 m. This finding also confirms the occurrence of the species in the Red Sea which was previously based on a doubtful record.
Keywords
marine fish, distribution, range extension, morphology, systematics