Penetration of Monrovia Surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae (Perciformes: Acanthuridae) to the Black Sea
Journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Year: 2020

The Monrovia Surgeonfish Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876 is reported for the first time in the Black Sea off the southwestern coast of Crimea (44°29.5ʹN; 33°35.5ʹЕ). The single specimen was caught by the commercial trap net on September 19, 2018; its standard length was 195 mm. The most realistic version of its occurrence is the self-penetration of this specimen into the Black Sea from the Mediterranean Sea. Over the past 20 years, twelve fish species that had not previously been met in