Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941 (Teleostei: Bregmacerotidae), a new lessepsian migrant in the adriatic sea

Abstract

Two individuals of the Smallscale codlet Bregmaceros nectabanus were collected on December 19, 2019 by bottom trawl off Mola di Bari (Italy, Adriatic Sea) at 100 m depth on a muddy bottom. This finding represents the first record of the Smallscale codlet from the Adriatic Sea. Up to now, records of this Lessepsian migrant species have been reported from the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The present record extends its known distribution northward.