The first record of the slender sunfish Ranzania laevis from the Red Sea

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 83; no. 5; pp. 1425 - 1429
• Main Authors: Abu El-Regal, M. A., El-Moselhy, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-11-2013; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Agnatha. Pisces; Animals; ballast water; Bays; Biological and medical sciences; climate change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Earth, ocean, space; Egypt; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Indian Ocean; Meteorology; Molidae; Ranzania laevis; Tetraodontiformes; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Indian Ocean; Red Sea; Egypt; ISW, Indian Ocean; ISW, Red Sea; ISW, Egypt, Arab Rep., Hurghada; ISW, Oman; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Vertebrata; Molidae; Pisces; ballast water; First record; Ballast tank; climate change
• ISSN: 0022-1112; 1095-8649
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12226

A female specimen of the slender sunfish Ranzania laevis of 600 mm total length was recorded for the first time from the Red Sea after being stranded on a shallow sandy bay at Hurghada beach (27° 06′ 16″ N; 33° 50′ 01″ E) on 13 May 2012. Ranzania laevis is believed to have migrated from the Indian Ocean as the nearest area where it was found is coastal waters of Oman.