SCUBA OBSERVATIONS REVEAL A WIDER DISTRIBUTION RANGE FOR THOROGOBIUS MACROLEPIS (TELEOSTEI: GOBIIDAE)/OSSERVAZIONI SUBACQUEE RIVELANO UNA ZONA DI DISTRIBUZIONE PIÙ AMPIA PER THOROGOBIUS MACROLEPIS (TELEOSTEI: GOBIIDAE)

The Mediterranean Sea endemic goby Thorogobius macrolepis was observed during scuba dives at three localities along the Aegean Sea and one locality at the northern Levant coast of Turkey, increasing the currently available knowledge on the distribution of this species. This is the first record of T. macrolepis from the central and northern Aegean Sea, while the single observation from Kekova region substantiates its occurrence at the Levant basin.