Two mariculture escapee specimens, the West Atlantic Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma and the Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus, were collected from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The former was reported for the first time from the Mediterranean, while the latter for the second time. A single aquarium escapee or released specimen of the Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes was collected for the first time from Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).