DANIEL GOLANI, Natural hybrid of ♀ Diplodus cervinus and ♂ of D. levantinus (Teleostei: Sparidae) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel, Mediterranean Marine Science, 18|2017, 529-533

A morphomeristic and genetic analysis of an unusual specimen of Diplodus (Family: Sparidae) that was collected in the Mediterranean coast of Israel revealed that it is a hybrid of Diplodus cervinus female and D. levantinus male.  Coloring, lip formation and teeth arrangement were intermediate between the parental species.