Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.64.1.6

Expansion of the flat needlefish Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) distribution in the eastern Mediterranean

Erhan Irmak ; İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, İzmir, Turkey
Uğur Özden ; İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, İzmir, Turkey

Abstract

The flat needlefish Ablennes hians was recorded for the first time from the coast of Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean.
Two specimens were captured, one in May 2021 and the second in April 2022. One of the specimens was preserved and deposited
in fish collection, while only the photograph of the other was obtained.

Keywords

Belonidae; Lessepsian migrant; non-indigenous; garfish; new record

Hrčak ID:

304343

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/304343

Publication date:

14.6.2023.

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