Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)
Body with a broad black stripe from the upper lip through the eye along upper side of body, ending beneath the end of the second dorsal fin; above stripe greyish green and below white. Just before the tail, yellow with an irregular roundish black spot, tail yellow. Common size ≈20 cm.
Corsini-Foka, M. & Kondylatos, M. in Stamouli C, Akel EHKh, Azzurro E, Bakiu R, Bas AA, Bitar G, Boyaci Y.Ö, Cakalli M, Corsini-Foka M, Crocetta F, Dragičević B, Dulčić J, Durucan F, El Zrelli R, Erguden D, Filiz H, Giardina F, Giovos I, Gönülal O, Hemida F, Kassar A, Kondylatos G, Macali A, Mancini E, Ovalis P, Paladini De Mendoza F, Pavičić M, Rabaoui L, Rizkalla Si, Tiralongo F, Turan C, Vrdoljak D, Yapici S, Zenetos A (2017). New Mediterranean Marine biodiversity records (December 2017). Mediterranean Marine Science 18(3): 534-556
2017
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Red sea goatfish
Usually seen in small groups on sandy bottoms near coral reefs and rocks.
No impact on biodiversity has been reported to date.
No impact on health and ecosystem services has been reported to date. It is very often sold in the markets and taverns, together with the native surmullet (Mullus surmuletus). Thus it has a commercial importance to fisheries.
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Records of Parupeneus forsskali
Sites where Parupeneus forsskali has been recorded in the Hellenic Sea.
