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First record of the Lessepsian fish Parexocoetus mento in Italian waters and GIS-based spatial and temporal distribution in Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2020

Manuela Falautano Open the ORCID record for Manuela Falautano [Opens in a new window] ,
Patrizia Perzia Open the ORCID record for Patrizia Perzia [Opens in a new window]  and
Luca Castriota Open the ORCID record for Luca Castriota [Opens in a new window]
Manuela Falautano*
Affiliation:
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149, Palermo, Italy
Patrizia Perzia
Affiliation:
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149, Palermo, Italy
Luca Castriota
Affiliation:
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149, Palermo, Italy
*
Author for correspondence: Manuela Falautano, E-mail: manuela.falautano@isprambiente.it
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Abstract

The Strait of Sicily in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea is considered a crossroads between the western and the eastern basins for species immigrating from the Atlantic Ocean and Lessepsian species. Among the latter, the African sailfin flyingfish Parexocoetus mento was recently collected from Lampedusa Island in November 2017, and represents the first documented record in Italian waters. In this paper, the morphological and meristic characteristics of this specimen are reported and discussed, compared with the other species of the genus Parexocoetus. Furthermore, as mapping and monitoring the distribution of invasive species is crucial to understanding their establishment and spread and then to manage the invasion process, the occurrences distribution of P. mento in the Mediterranean Sea was studied. The application of GIS-based spatial statistics allowed to identify significant clustering areas and dispersion areas of the species, summarizing the key characteristics, and underlining directional trends of distribution. GIS analysis identified two similar groups of records (1935/1966 and 1986/2017 time period), showing a change of distribution spatial pattern over time. An earlier spread direction in the Mediterranean east coast and a settled area of P. mento were found. The analysis also includes the specimen caught in Italian waters.

Keywords

GISLessepsian speciesMediterranean SeaParexocoetus mentospatial statisticsStrait of Sicily
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 100 , Issue 7 , November 2020 , pp. 1163 - 1169
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2020

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