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Occurrence of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) (Aulopidae) in the Turkish Aegean Sea (Sığacık Bay, E. Mediterranean)

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 227 - 232, 17.07.2023

Okan Akyol

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR23021

Abstract

Three specimens of A. filamentosus were captured by recreational anglers off Sığacık Bay, Izmir, at a depth of 220 m on 22 March 2023. The total length of these specimens was between 255 and 310 mm. Thus, the certain record number has reached at least twenty specimens in the Turkish seas. This paper presents the fifth confirmed record of A. filamentosus from the southeastern Aegean Sea. Though the sporadic occurrences of this species in the Aegean Sea do not indicate an established population for the time being, it signs that it is becoming abundant.

Keywords

Royal flagfin Deep Sea fishing Rarity Sığacık Bay İzmir

Thanks

The author thanks both anglers Mr Erdem Akartepe and Mr Kemal Soylu, who caught the fish, for their cooperation and Dr Halil Şen for bringing the fish to my attention.

References

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Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 227 - 232, 17.07.2023

Okan Akyol

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR23021

Abstract

References

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  • Akşıray, F. (1954). Türkiye deniz balıkları tayin anahtarı. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Hidrobiologi Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları (in Turkish).
  • Al-Hassan, L.A.J. & El-Silini, O.A. (1999). Checklist of bony fishes collected from the Mediterranean coast of Bengazi, Libya. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografía, 34(2), 291-301.
  • Bariche, M., Fricke, R. (2020). The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status. Zootaxa, 4775 (1), 001-157. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
  • Ben Souissi, J., Ben Abdallah, L.G., Ben Amor, M.M., Ben Salem, M., Capapé, C. (2010). Confirmed occurrence of the royal flagfish Aulopus filamentosus (Osteichthyes: Aulopidae) in Tunisian waters (Central Mediterranean). Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 5(1), 157-161.
  • Bilecenoğlu, M., Kaya, M., Cihangir, B., Çiçek, E. (2014). An updated checklist of the marine fishes of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 38, 901-929. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1405-60
  • Bradaï, M.N., Quignard, J.P., Bouaïn, A., Jarboui, O., Ouannes-Ghorbel, A., Ben Abdallah, L., Zaouali, J., Ben Salem, S. (2004). Ichtyofaune autochtone et exotique côtes tunisiennes: recensement et biogéographie (Autochtonous and exoticfshspecies of the Tunisian coasts: inventory and biogeography. Cybium, 28 (4), 315-328.
  • Daban, İ.B., Çakır, K., Acarlı, D., İşmen, A. (2017). Reconfirmed occurrence and northward expansion of the royal flagfish Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) from the Aegean Sea. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 34(3), 337-339. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.2017.34.3.13
  • Dulčić, J. (2006). On the record of the royal flagfin, Aulopus filamentosus (Pisces: Aulopidae), from the Adriatic Sea. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 16(2), 189-192.
  • Elbaraasi, H., Elabar, B., Elaabidi, S., Bashir, A., Elsilini, O., Shakman, E., Azzurro, E. (2019). Updated checklist of bony fishes along the Libyan coast (southern Mediterranean Sea). Mediterranean Marine Science, 20, 90-105. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.15570
  • Erguden, D., Bayhan, Y. K., Erguden, S. A., Altun, A. (2018). The occurrence of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) in Mersin Bay (North -Eastern Mediterranean) Turkey. Croatian Journal of Fisheries, 76, 51-54. https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0006
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  • Golani, D., Öztürk, B., Başusta, N. (2006). The fishes of the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish Marine Research Foundation, Publication No. 24, Istanbul. 259 p. ISBN: 975-8825-12-7
  • İşmen, A., Yığın, Ç., Çakır, F. (2006). A new fish species for the Northern Aegean Sea Fauna; Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792). E.U. Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, 23, Supp.1/1, 95-97.
  • Karachle, P., Başusta, A., Başusta, N., Bostancı, D., Buz, K., Girgin, H., Chater, I., Kokokiris, L., Kontaş, S., Ktari, M.-H., Maravelias, C., Minos, G., Ozer, E., Romdhani, A., Tiralongo, F., Tibullo, D., Tserpes, G., Vasilakopoulos, P. (2015). New Fisheries-related data from the Mediterranean Sea (April 2015). Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(1), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1293
  • Öziç, F., Yılmaz, F. (2006). An investigation of demersal fishes of Gökova Bay in Aegean Sea. Ekoloji, 58, 16-20.
  • Papaconstantinou C. (2014). Fauna Graeciae. An updated checklist of the fishes in the Hellenic Seas, Monographs on Marine Sciences, 7, Athens 2014, HCMR, 340 pp. ISBN: 978-960-9798-04-4
  • Saad, A. (2005). Check – list of Bony Fish Collected from the Coast of Syria. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 5, 99-106.
  • Yapıcı, S., Karachle, P.K., Filiz, H. (2015). First length–weight relationships of 11 fish species in the Aegean Sea. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 31(2), 398-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.12459
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Primary Language English
Subjects Hydrobiology
Journal Section Short Communication
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Okan Akyol 0000-0001-7738-2156

Early Pub Date July 13, 2023
Publication Date July 17, 2023
Submission Date April 13, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023Volume: 6 Issue: 3

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APA Akyol, O. (2023). Occurrence of Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) (Aulopidae) in the Turkish Aegean Sea (Sığacık Bay, E. Mediterranean). Aquatic Research, 6(3), 227-232. https://doi.org/10.3153/AR23021
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