FIRST RECORD OF WEDGE SOLE, DICOLOGLOSSA CUNEATA (ACTINOPTERYGII: PLEURONECTIFORMES: SOLEIDAE), FROM THE LEVANT BASIN (EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN)

Ali Malek (1) , Adib Saad (1) , Christian Reynaud (2) , Christian Capapé (2, 3)

1 Marine Sciences Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
2 LIRDEF - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Didactique, Éducation et Formation
3 Laboratoired'Ichtyologie

This paper reports the first record of a specimen of wedge sole, Dicologlossa cuneata (Moreau, 1881), from the Syrian coast, and also from the Levant Basin, constituting its easternmost extension range in the Mediterranean Sea. The specimen was examined, illustrated, measured, and weighed and the collected data are provided herein. This single capture of D. cuneata, however, cannot support a statement that a sustainable population of this fish has established itself in this area.

Mots clés: description; morphometric measurements; meristic counts; distribution; extension range

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Zoologie des vertébrés

Ali Malek, Adib Saad, Christian Reynaud, Christian Capapé. FIRST RECORD OF WEDGE SOLE, DICOLOGLOSSA CUNEATA (ACTINOPTERYGII: PLEURONECTIFORMES: SOLEIDAE), FROM THE LEVANT BASIN (EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN). ACta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2015, 45 (4), pp.417-421. ⟨10.3750/AIP2015.45.4.11⟩. ⟨hal-01412733⟩