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Investigations conducted off the coast of Syria (eastern Mediterranean Sea) allowed capturing on 6 November 2022 of a specimen of Mediterranean spearfish Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810, constituting the first record of the species in the area. The studied specimen measured 1100 mm in total length (TL), its total body weight was 2015 g. It is described in the present paper including morphometric measurements and meristic counts. Its distribution in the Syrian marine waters and in the Mediterranean Sea is discussed and commented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On 29 May 2022, two specimens of Baillon's wrasse, Symphodus bailloni (Valenciennes, 1839) were captured from the coast of Syria (eastern Mediterranean Sea). Sampled two specimens of S. bailloni were measured at 117 and120 mm in TL and weighed 25.7 and 23.2 g. These findings is the first records of this species in the Levant Basin, and the easternmost extension range of the species in the Mediterranean Sea. Symphodus bailloni is not a herculean or Lessepsian migrant but should be considered as a permanent resident of the Mediterranean basin despite the fact not largely distributed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]