Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0006
THE OCCURRENCE OF ROYAL FLAGFIN Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) IN MERSIN BAY (NORTH-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN) TURKEY
Deniz Erguden
orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-2151
Yusuf Kenan Bayhan
Sibel Alagoz Erguden
Ayhan Altun
Abstract
Three specimens (1 male and 2 females) of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) were caught at a depth of 184 m off Erdemli, Mersin Bay (northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey) in June 2015. The present paper reports the first occurrence and is the confirmation of royal flagfin A. filamentosus from the northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey. Since it has been recorded only once in the last sixty years, this species could be considered as exceptionally rare in the easternmost area of the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey.
Keywords
Aulopus filamentosus Mersin Bay Mediterranean Sea Turkey
Hrčak ID:
196153
URI
Publication date:
22.3.2018.
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