FIRST RECORD OF THE DOUBLEBAR SEABREAM, ACANTHOPAGRUS BIFASCIATUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: PERCIFORMES: SPARIDAE), IN THE AEGEAN SEA.

The present paper reports the second record of a Lessepsian migrant, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775), in the Mediterranean Sea and first record from the Aegean Sea. The species is distinguished by the counts of 5½ scale rows between the fifth dorsal-fin spine and lateral line, dorsal and caudal fins yellow, without a dense black margin of dorsal-fin or narrow black edge along rear margin of caudal fin which is being diagnostic characters of this species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]