New records of Bregmaceros atlanticus (Bregmacerotidae), Echiodon dentatus (Carapidae), and Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae) from the Aegean Sea

Abstract

Background. Three fish species, Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode et Bean, 1886 (Bregmacerotidae), Echiodon dentatus (Cuvier, 1829) (Carapidae), and Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 (Nemichthyidae) were recorded in the Sığacık and Kuşadası Bays (Eastern Aegean Sea, Turkey). B. atlanticus and E. dentatus constitute new records for the Turkish waters and the Aegean Sea, respectively. The finding of Nemichthys scolopaceus is the second record for the Aegean Sea.

Keywords

• fish
• new record
• Bregmaceros atlanticus
• Echiodon