First record of the broad-banded cardinal fish Apogon fasciatus (White, 1790) from Turkey

C. TURAN; D. YAGLIOGLU; D. ERGUDEN; M. GURLEK; B. SONMEZ

doi:10.12681/mms.85

Mediterranean Marine Science (Nov 2010)

First record of the broad-banded cardinal fish Apogon fasciatus (White, 1790) from Turkey

C. TURAN,
D. YAGLIOGLU,
D. ERGUDEN,
M. GURLEK,
B. SONMEZ

Affiliations

C. TURAN: Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay
D. YAGLIOGLU: Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay
D. ERGUDEN: Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay
M. GURLEK: Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay
B. SONMEZ: Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.85
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 369 – 372

Abstract

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Two specimens of the alien cardinal fish Apogon fasciatus (White, 1790) are recorded for the first time from Turkey and second time from the Mediterranean Sea. This is the fourth Indo-Pacific apogonid species documented in the Mediterranean Sea, and the introduction of this species to the eastern Mediterranean is due to migration from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal.

Published in Mediterranean Marine Science

ISSN: 1108-393X (Print); 1791-6763 (Online)
Publisher: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Country of publisher: Greece
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
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