Author : Daniel Golani
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ISBN 13 : 9781776882366
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis An Updated Checklist of the Mediterranean Fishes of Israel, with Illustrations of Recently Recorded Species and Delineation of Lessepsian Migrants by : Daniel Golani
Download or read book An Updated Checklist of the Mediterranean Fishes of Israel, with Illustrations of Recently Recorded Species and Delineation of Lessepsian Migrants written by Daniel Golani and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: This checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel enumerates 469 species which is an addition of 62 species since the previous checklist of 2005. This new checklist includes 58 Condrichthys and 411 Osteicthys species. Most newly-recorded species are of Red Sea origin (Lessepsian migrants)--38 species, 25 species are from previously poorly investigated habitats, mainly deep water, while two species reached the Mediterranean most likely by ballast water and two are aquaculture escapees. The dramatic increase in the number of Lessepsian migrants (an average of 2.5 species per year) is most likely due to the increased water influx between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, following the recent opening of the new parallel, 72 km, "new canal" and the enlargement of other parts of the Suez Canal. Keywords: Checklist, fish, Mediterranean, Israel, Lessepsian migrants"--Page 3.