The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed basin that embraces
the marine area from the North East Atlantic Ocean, at West, to
the Aegean Sea, at East. The confluences of marine ichthyofauna
migrating from the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar,
from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean through the Suez
Channel, and from the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea through
the Dardanelles, depicts a picture of the Mediterranean marine
biodiversity characterized by a high species richness and
peculiarities, including tropical species as well as endemisms [1],