Additional record of Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 from the Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey
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A single specimen of Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988, has been collected in the Mersin Bay (off Yeşilovacık, Turkey) at a depth of 90 m in November 2022. The presence of P. sagittarius in the Mediterranean coast of Turkey is evidently due to migration from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. This species appears to spread rapidly and easily established in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Besides, this ichthyological note is important and represents the third successive record from Turkish waters in the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea.
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