Abstract

The scombroid Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832), commonly known as the Wahoo (FAO code WAH), is a fish distributed in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide. There are only a few records of this fish in the Mediterranean Sea. One of these records was made in 2024 from the Üçadalar region of the Gulf of Antalya. A Wahoo specimen weighing 7500 g was caught by a recreational fisherman off the coast of Alanya 36°26'13.2"N, 31°52'55.8"E on July 5, 2025. A second individual weighing 8500 g was captured off the coast of Gazipaşa 36°1'43.67"N, 32°5'38.97"E on June 21, 2025. The specimen was caught in the epipelagic zone at a depth of 10-15 m, over a total water column depth of 1700 m. Both fish were caught with a trolling lure. The third fish specimen was sampled by live bait in the Antalya Bay N 36°47' 28.9" N 30°34'53.1" E by a fisherman engaged in sport fishing. The only recorded presence of wahoo in the Mediterranean to date has been in the Levant and the central Mediterranean region of Sicily. The absence of occurrence records in the western Mediterranean to date supports the hypothesis of a Lessepsian migration via the Suez Canal.