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The First Find of the Marbled Spinefoot Siganus rivulatus (Siganidae) in the Black Sea

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The paper reports the first find of the marbled spinefoot Siganus rivulatus Forsskål et Niebuhr, 1775, which is a new species for the Black Sea, at the southeastern coast of Crimea. Two-year-old individual 124.2 in the total and 105 mm in standard length was caught on November 10, 2020 in the Dvuyakornaya Bay water area near the city of Feodosiya in the northeastern part of the Black Sea. Basic morphological characteristics of the fish are presented below.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to the staff members of the GUP RK (State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Crimea ”Dvuyakornaya Bay”) V.V. Sigeikin and D.V. Shugalei for provision of the marbled spinefoot specimen for the comprehensive study.

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  1. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station — Nature Reserve of RAS — Branch of A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 298188, Kurortnoe, Feodosia, Republic of Crimea, Russia

    V. I. Maltsev & M. A. Beletskaya

  2. Kerch State Maritime Technological University, 298309, Kerch, (KGMTU), Republic of Crimea, Russia

    V. I. Maltsev, A. V. Kulish & M. A. Beletskaya

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Maltsev, V.I., Kulish, A.V. & Beletskaya, M.A. The First Find of the Marbled Spinefoot Siganus rivulatus (Siganidae) in the Black Sea. J. Ichthyol. 62, 514–516 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945222030080

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