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MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE, vol.26, no.4, pp.941-971, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
The current article reports 26 new records of introduced species from 34 locations across six ecoregions of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, covering 11 countries: Lebanon, Syria, T & uuml;rkiye, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Egypt, Libya. These records span five major taxonomic groups: two seaweeds (Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta), one annelid, five molluscs, five arthropods, and 14 bony fishes. In the Levantine Sea, we document the first Mediterranean record of the Northern Stargazer (Astroscopus cf. guttatus), along with four additional fish species from Lebanon: Acanthopagrus bifasciatus, Kyphosus cf. sectatrix, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, and Acanthurus monroviae. We also report the first Mediterranean records of the lizardfish Saurida gracilis and the cuttlefish Sepia dollfusi and Acanthosepion pharaonis, the latter being the first documented record of this species in the Mediterranean Sea. From Cyprus, we report Synodus randalli and Priacanthus sagittarius. The cryptogenic mussel Perna perna is also recorded from Egypt. In the Aegean Sea, new records include the red alga Galaxaura rugosa and the Arrowfin Bigeye Priacanthus sagittarius from T & uuml;rkiye, as well as the swimming crab Portunus segnis and the sweeper Pempheris rhomboidea from the Greek side of the Ionian Sea. In the Adriatic Sea, we report the grapsoid crab Percnon gibbesi (Montenegro), the salmon Salmo salar (Croatia), the amphipod Jassa slatteryi (Slovenia), and the calanoid copepodMetacalanus acutioperculum (Italy). In the Tyrrhenian Sea, new records include the green macroalga Halimeda incrassata, the oyster Isognomon bicolor, the Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis, the lionfish Pterois miles, and the Pomfret Taractes rubescens from Italian waters. From the Tunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra, we document the annelid worm Branchiomma luctuosum and the dragonet fish Synchiropus sechellensis from Libya. Additional records of the bivalve Arcuatula senhousia are reported from the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.