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Bridging the gap: first record of Mertens' prawn-goby Vanderhorstia mertensi in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2013

Menachem Goren ,
Nir Stern  and
Bella S. Galil
Menachem Goren*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Nir Stern
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Bella S. Galil
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Goren, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel email: gorenm@post.tau.ac.il
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Abstract

The Indo-Pacific fish species Vanderhorstia mertensi was found, for the first time, off the Israeli coast in the Mediterranean. This shrimp-associated goby was reported so far only from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Its presence verifies the status of V. mertensi as an Erythraean alien.

Keywords

Vanderhorstia mertensiMediterraneanalien speciesIsrael
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e63
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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