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The Meseda waspfish Neocentropogon mesedai is recorded for the first time from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, based on a specimen collected near Eilat, Israel at 300-350 m depth. The species is very rare in collections, otherwise known only from the type series collected in the central Red Sea off Saudi Arabia.
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We are grateful to Ms O. Goldshmidt for collecting the specimen, and Dr. A. Baranes for providing the facilities for deepwater fish collection in the Gulf of Aqaba. Dr. David Darom provided a photograph of our specimen of N. mesedai.
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Fricke, R., Golani, D., Appelbaum-Golani, B. et al. First record of the Meseda waspfish, Neocentropogon mesedai from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Tetrarogidae). Mar Biodiv 48, 1863–1866 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0686-3
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