Title of article
An updated checklist of the marine fishes of Turkey
Author/Authors
BİLECENOĞLU, Murat Adnan Menderes University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Department of Biology, Turkey , KAYA, Murat Ege University - Faculty of Fisheries - Department of Hydrobiology, Turkey , CİHANGİR, Bülent Dokuz Eylül University - Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Turkey , ÇİÇEK, Erdoğan Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Department of Biology, Turkey
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901
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929
Abstract
The current status of marine fishes distributed along the Turkish coasts is reviewed and an updated checklist including 512 species is presented. In this study, 5 species are recorded for the first time from Turkey (Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810); Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1882; Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810; Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud, 1927; and Gobius roulei de Buen, 1928), while 7 species are new to the Turkish Aegean Sea coast (Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840; Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810; Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887); Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter Patzner, 1997; Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837; Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931); Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy Randall, 1983) and 3 species are newly reported from the Levantine coast (Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887); Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà, 1887); Zebrus zebrus (Risso, 1827)).
Keywords
Marine fish diversity , Black Sea , Sea of Marmara , Aegean Sea , Levantine Sea
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Record number
2528199
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