LETHRINIDAE

Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775), was recorded on the basis of a single sub-adult individual observed during a scuba dive at Antalya Bay, Turkey (Bilecenoglu, 2007). According to Golani (2010) is better to refrain from including in the official list of the Mediterranean ichthyofauna, species whose presence is based only upon underwater photographs.