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- Title
CONFIRMED OCCURRENCE OF MOONTAIL BULLSEYE, PRIACANTHUS HAMRUR (ACTINOPTERYGII: PERCIFORMES: PRIACANTHIDAE), IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH FIRST RECORD OFF THE COAST OF TURKEY.
- Authors
ERGUDEN, Deniz; GURLEK, Mevlut; TURAN, Cemal
- Abstract
A new Lessepsian migrant, moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775), is recorded for the second time from the Mediterranean Sea, and for the first time from Turkey. A single male specimen of P. hamrur was caught at a depth of about 30 m, off the Konacık harbour (Arsuz coast, Gulf of Iskenderun, Turkey) on 18 December 2017, by a longline. The present paper reports the confirmed record of P. hamrur in the eastern Mediterranean with the first record off the coast of Turkey. This species is probably a Red Sea immigrant entering the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. With the present report, the number of priacanthid species reported in the Mediterranean Sea has reached four.
- Subjects
RED Sea; SUEZ Canal (Egypt); MEDITERRANEAN Sea; PRIACANTHIDAE; PERCIFORMES; ICHTHYOLOGY
- Publication
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 4, p387
- ISSN
0137-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3750/AIEP/02415