MARINE AND FISHERY SCIENCES 36 (2): 203-208 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3622023010507
ABSTRACT. In the present study, one juvenile specimen of redcoat Sargocentron rubrum
(Forsskål, 1775) was first reported from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey with a visual record dur-
ing an underwater survey conducted from the coast of Arsuz (Konacik), Iskenderun Bay, at a depth
of 3 m, on September 11, 2018. The Family Holocentridae is currently represented in the Mediter-
ranean by seven species, all exotic, six of them originate in the Red Sea (Lessepsian migrants) and
one originates from the Atlantic.
Key words: Holocentridae, visual record, Lessepsian migrant, Iskenderun Bay.
Primer registro de un juvenil de Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) del Mediterráneo
Sudoriental, Turquía
RESUMEN. En el presente estudio, un espécimen juvenil de candil rojo Sargocentron rubrum
(Forsskål, 1775) fue reportado por primera vez en la costa mediterránea de Turquía, mediante un
registro visual durante un estudio submarino realizado desde la costa de Arsuz (Konacik), bahía de
Iskenderun, a una profundidad de 3 m, el 11 de septiembre de 2018. La Familia Holocentridae está
representada actualmente en el Mediterráneo por siete especies, todas exóticas, seis de ellas origi-
narias del Mar Rojo (migrantes lessepsianos) y una originaria del Atlántico.
Palabras clave: Holocentridae, registro visual, migrante lessepsiano, bahía de Iskenderun.
The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 resulted in the introduction of
many Red Sea species to the Mediterranean Sea. This ongoing process is
termed ‘Lessepsian migration’ (Por 1978). Since the penetration of the first
Lessepsian migrant Atherinomorus forsskali in 1902, at least 115 fish species
have been recorded and substantiated as migrants from the Red Sea into the
Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal (Kovačić et al. 2021).
Redcoat Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) (Holocentridae) was first
documented from the Mediterranean by Haas and Steinitz (1947) recording
an adult specimen from Palestine and then in Greece, Rhodes (Laskaridis
1948), Cyprus (Demetropoulos and Neocleous 1969) and Libya (Stirn 1970).
Recently, it has been reported from the southwestern Aegean Sea and Pelo-
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*Correspondence:
deniz.erguden@iste.edu.tr
Received: 12 January 2023
Accepted: 17 March 2023
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NOTE
First occurrence of juvenile Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) from
South-Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey
DENIZ ERGUDEN1, *, NECDET UYGUR2and SIBEL ALAGOZ ERGUDEN3, 4
1Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 - Iskenderun, Turkey. 2Maritime Vocational Higher
School, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 - Iskenderun, Turkey. 3Imamoglu Vocational School, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
4Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 - Iskenderun,
Turkey. ORCID Deniz Erguden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-2151, Necdet Uygur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4460-1735,
Sibel Alagoz Erguden https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4363-433X