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The first Mediterranean record of the African moonfish, Selene dorsalis, is reported, with the capture of a single female specimen by means of a trammel net from coastal waters off the Maltese Islands. The species is a non-indigenous one for the Mediterranean, being native of tropical and subtropical waters of the east Atlantic. The Mediterranean record of S. dorsalis could be indicative of a northward range expansion of the species, spurred in part by the recent warming trend observed in the Mediterranean Sea.

The capture of a specimen of Selene dorsalis in the Chipiona (southern Spain), a rare species in waters north of the Cape Verde Islands and Senegal, is reported as the first record in the Gulf of Cadiz.

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First record of Selene dorsalis (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, from coastal waters off the Maltese Islands

First record of Selene dorsalis (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Spanish waters of the Gulf of Cádiz (ICES Division IXa South)

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First record of Selene dorsalis (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, from coastal waters off the Maltese Islands

First record of Selene dorsalis (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Spanish waters of the Gulf of Cádiz (ICES Division IXa South)