TY - JOUR AU - Golani, Daniel PY - 2002/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Indo-Pacific striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787), (Osteichtyes: Siluriformes), a new record from the Mediterranean JF - Scientia Marina JA - Sci. mar. VL - 66 IS - 3 SE - Note DO - 10.3989/scimar.2002.66n3321 UR - https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/591 SP - 321-323 AB - The striped eel catfish, <i>Plotosus lineatus</i> (Thunberg, 1787), is recorded for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean coast of Israel. Seventeen specimens of this highly-venomous fish were caught by a commercial trawler at depths of 20 m. This speciesĀ“ occurrence in the Mediterranean is the result of migration from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal (Lessepsian migration). ER -