Keywords
Teleost
Syrian coast
Lessepsian species
native species
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Abstract
An updated checklist of marine fishes (Teleostei / Osteichthyes) recorded to date in Syrian marine waters is presented here. Out of the 62 fish orders present in the whole oceans, 37 (60%) are found in the marine water of Syria. These orders comprise 303 species, 208 genera and 103 families. Sparidae is the most divers family (32 species), followed by Blenniidae (14 species) and Carangidae (13 species). Out of the 303 teleost species recorded in this checklist, 48 species were recorded during the period 2018-2025, accounting for 7 species per year and 17.1% of overall fish species previously recorded. This is noticeably higher than what was recorded by the previous checklist (32 species, 1.45%) during the entire period 2005-2018. Climate change, other environmental factors and human activities are thought to be the most acceptable reasons behind that.
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