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A new record of the invasive herbivore Siganus luridus (Osteichthyes : Siganidae) from Italian waters
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F. DENITTO1,2*, C. LICCHELLI3,4, M. E. POSI1,2, F. VITALE4
1 Laboratorio di Zoogeografia e Fauna, DiSTeBA, Università del Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy
2 Acquario del Salento, via Cesare Augusto 7, 73048 Santa Maria al Bagno di Nardò, Italy
3 Cooperativa Hydra, viale Ugo Foscolo 30, 73100 Lecce, Italy
4 Associazione Salento Sommerso, via Giuseppe Doria 31, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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ABSTRACT. – While conducting a survey along the Southern Apulian coast (SE Italy), a specimen belonging to the Lessepsian migrant Siganus luridus was observed and photographed in December 2013 during a night dive at 2 m depth, near Porto Badisco, in the district of Otranto. A second one was caught during daytime with a small fishing net, in October 2014 by a hobbyist fisherman, near the Port of Gallipoli. The two records represent the first occurrence belonging to this species in the Apulian waters and a new record from the coastal waters of the Italian peninsula.
