26 Temmuz 2017 tarihinde, Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta, uzatma ağları ile, 18 m derinlikten 7 adet ve Antalya
Körfezi’nde, deniz akvaryumu su dolum borularının oluşturduğu sistemde, 11 m derinlikten 1 adet
Parupeneus forsskali bireyi yakalanmıştır. P. forsskali türüne ait farklı yerlerde verilen kayıtlar, türün doğu
Akdeniz’de populasyonunu oluşturmuş olabileceğini göstermektedir
On 26 July 2017, 7 specimens of Parupeneus forsskali were caught at a depth 18 m in North Cyprus and a single specimen was caught at a depth 11 m, by trammel net, around pipeline charge system of marine aquarium in the gulf of Antalya, Turkey. Reports from different locations are pointed that the population of P. forsskali may be established in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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