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This paper reports the fi rst record of a specimen of wedge sole, Dicologlossa cuneata (Moreau, 1881), from the Syrian coast, and also from the Levant Basin, constituting its easternmost extension range in the Mediterranean Sea. The specimen was examined, illustrated, measured, and weighed and the collected data are provided herein. This single capture of D. cuneata, however, cannot support a statement that a sustainable population of this fish has established itself in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which examined the role of Vibrio harveyi for the development of vibriosis in cultured wedge sole Dicologoglossa cuneata, flatfish species from the Family Soleidae. For the study, a virulence test of the isolated Vibrio harveyi was conducted using fry and juvenile wedge sole. Researchers found that all isolates have some of the characteristics in Vibrio harveyi descriptions like the ability to hydrolyze aesculin. They also found that lack of susceptability of wedge sole to bath immersion could possibly be linked to the absence of other determining factors like skin lesions and infections.

The Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858, was recorded for the first time from the southeastern Mediterranean near Tel-Aviv, Israel on 17 May 2013. This eastern Atlantic species is rare in the western Mediterranean, but now also documented from the southeastern Mediterranean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]