Evidence for the occurrence of the indo-pacific stonefish, synanceia verrucosa (actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Synanceiidae), in the mediterranean sea

Abstract

The stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa Bloch et Schneider, 1801, was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean. The fish was caught by trammel net, at a depth of 3 m, recorded on video and then released. Its occurrence is presumed to be due to either Lessepsian migration or as an escapee from aquaria.