Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(3): 363-366, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02987

First record of the Indo-Pacific yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Sphyraenidae), in the Western Mediterranean

M.H. Kara, N. Bourehail

Corresponding author: M.H. Kara

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Citation: Kara M, Bourehail N (2020) First record of the Indo-Pacific yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Sphyraenidae), in the Western Mediterranean. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 50(3): 363-366. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02987

Abstract

One specimen of the yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838, is recorded for the first time in the Western Mediterranean, on the eastern coast of Algeria. The specimen had a TL of 39.5 cm and was caught in February 2019. Its morphometric characteristics are described and the chronology of its spread in the Mediterranean is given. This species is the ninth Lessepsian migrant fish reported from Algeria.

Keywords

yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda, Lessepsian migration, Mediterranean, Algeria