A Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Red Sea Goatfish Parupeneus forsskali: An Overlooked Confirmed Invader Along the Libyan Coast (Southern Mediterranean Sea)
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Mullidae, Parupeneus forsskali, phylogenetic, Libyan coast, MediterraneanAbstract
Here we confirm the occurrence of population of the Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976), in the Libyan coastal waters of Benghazi. A brief description of the collected individuals is presented, and the species’ geographical expansion and phylogenetic structure along the southern Mediterranean coasts and the description of the phylogenetic structure in order to explain the route of its arrival to the southern Mediterranean is discussed.
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