Short Communication
Additional record of devil firefish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Scorpaenidae) from Izmir Bay (NE Aegean Sea, Türkiye)
Abstract
This ichthyological note presents a recent observation of a Pterois miles within an artificial reef shared with an octopus off Urla in the Bay of Izmir (northern Aegean Sea). On 31 May 2024, a P. miles specimen was observed and photographed by a GoPro Hero 9 Black video camera during SCUBA diving at a depth of 9 m. This report provides signs suggesting that a very fast-spreading invasive species may use an artificial reef as a long-term habitat as it moves into the Bay of Izmir.
Ethical Statement
This study does not require an ethics committee or special permission.
References
- Albins, M.A., Hixon, M.A. (2008). Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans) reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes. MEPS, 367, 233-238. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07620
- Alkan, Ö., Ayaz, A., Altınağaç, U., Özekinci, U., Çakır, F., Daban, İ.B., Şen, Y., Uğur, G.E., Ayaz, O. (2023). An additional record of lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in Edremit Bay. Doğa ve Sürdürülebilirlik Derneği, Doğanın Sesi, 6(12), 19-28.
- Al Mabruk, S.A.A., Rizgalla, J. (2019). First record of lionfish (Scorpaenidae: Pterois) from Libyan waters. J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 25(1), 108-114.
- Aydın, I., Ağdamar, S. Yapıcı, S. (2022). Unwanted guest continues its nortern journey in the Aegean Sea: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828). Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research, 24(3), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2022-0020
- Azzurro, E., Stancanelli, B., Di Martino, V., Bariche, M. (2017). Range expansion of the common lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the Mediterranean Sea: an unwanted new guest for Italian waters. BioInvasions Records, 6(2), 95-98. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2017.6.2.01
- Bariche, M., Torres, M., Azzurro, E. (2013). The presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2), 292-294. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.428
- Crocetta, F., Agius, D., Balistreri, P., Bariche, M., Bayhan, Y.K., Çakır, M., Ciriaco, S., Corsini-Foka, M., Deidun, A., Elzrelli, R., Ergüden, D., Evans, J., Ghelia, M., Giavasi, M., Kleitou, P., Kondylatos, G., Lipej, L., Mifsud, C., Özvarol, Y., Pagano, A., Portelli, P., Poursanidis, D., Rabaoui, L., Schembri, P., Taşkın, E., Tiralongo, F., Zenetos, A. (2015). New Mediterranean biodiversity records (October 2015). Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(3), 682-702. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1477
- Crocetta, F., Shokouros-Oskarsson, M., Doumpas, N., Giovos, I., Kalogirou, S., Langeneck, J., Tanduo, V., Tiralongo, F., Virgili, R., Kleitou, P. (2021). Protect the natives to combat the aliens: Could Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 be a natural agent for the control of the lionfsh invasion in the Mediterranean Sea? Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(3), 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030308
- Dailianis, T., Akyol, O., Babalı, N., Bariche, M., Crocetta, F., Gerovasiliou, V., hanem, R., Gökoğlu, M., Hasiotis, T., Izquierdo-Munoz, A., Julian, D., Katsanevakis, S., Lipej, L., Mancini, E., Mytilineou, CH., Ounifi Ben Amor, K., Özgül, A., Ragkousis, M., Rubio-Portillo, E., Servello, G., Sini, M., Stamouli, C., Sterioti, A., Teker, S., Tiralongo, F., Trkov, D. (2016). New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(2), 608-626. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1734 Dragičević, B., Ugarković, P., Krželj, M., Zurub, D., Dulčić, J. (2021). New record of Pterois cf. miles (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the eastern middle Adriatic Sea (Croatian waters): Northward expansion. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 51(4), 379–383. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.75811
- Froese, R., Pauly, D. (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2024) (accessed date: 24.06.2024).
- Golani, D., Sonin, O. (1992). New records of the Red Sea fishes, Pterois miles (Scorpaenidae) and Pteragogus pelycus (Labridae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39(2), 167-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02906001
- Kletou, D., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Kleitou, P. (2016). A lionfish (Pterois miles) invasion has begun in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9, 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0065-y
- Lowe, S., Browne, M., Boudjelas, S., De Poorter, M. (2000). 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species. A selection from global invasive species database. Invasive Species Specialist Group, IUCN, 12 pp.
- Lök, A., Metin, C., Ulaş, A., Düzbastılar, F.O., Tokaç, A. (2002). Artificial reefs in Turkey. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59, 192-195. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2002.1221
- Oruç, A. Ç., Şensurat Genç, T., Özgül, A. & Lök, A. (2022). The northernmost dispersal record of the lionfish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) for the Aegean Sea. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 39(1), 84-87. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.1.12
- Özgül, A. (2020). Occurrence of lionfish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the coast of Aegean Sea (Turkey): The northernmost dispersal record. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 37(3), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.37.3.15
Additional record of devil firefish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Scorpaenidae) from Izmir Bay (NE Aegean Sea, Türkiye)
Abstract
This ichthyological note presents a recent observation of a Pterois miles within an artificial reef shared with an octopus off Urla in the Bay of Izmir (northern Aegean Sea). On 31 May 2024, a P. miles specimen was observed and photographed by a GoPro Hero 9 Black video camera during SCUBA diving at a depth of 9 m. This report provides signs suggesting that a very fast-spreading invasive species may use an artificial reef as a long-term habitat as it moves into the Bay of Izmir.
Ethical Statement
This study does not require an ethics committee or special permission.
References
- Albins, M.A., Hixon, M.A. (2008). Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans) reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes. MEPS, 367, 233-238. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07620
- Alkan, Ö., Ayaz, A., Altınağaç, U., Özekinci, U., Çakır, F., Daban, İ.B., Şen, Y., Uğur, G.E., Ayaz, O. (2023). An additional record of lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in Edremit Bay. Doğa ve Sürdürülebilirlik Derneği, Doğanın Sesi, 6(12), 19-28.
- Al Mabruk, S.A.A., Rizgalla, J. (2019). First record of lionfish (Scorpaenidae: Pterois) from Libyan waters. J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 25(1), 108-114.
- Aydın, I., Ağdamar, S. Yapıcı, S. (2022). Unwanted guest continues its nortern journey in the Aegean Sea: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828). Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research, 24(3), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2022-0020
- Azzurro, E., Stancanelli, B., Di Martino, V., Bariche, M. (2017). Range expansion of the common lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the Mediterranean Sea: an unwanted new guest for Italian waters. BioInvasions Records, 6(2), 95-98. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2017.6.2.01
- Bariche, M., Torres, M., Azzurro, E. (2013). The presence of the invasive Lionfish Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2), 292-294. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.428
- Crocetta, F., Agius, D., Balistreri, P., Bariche, M., Bayhan, Y.K., Çakır, M., Ciriaco, S., Corsini-Foka, M., Deidun, A., Elzrelli, R., Ergüden, D., Evans, J., Ghelia, M., Giavasi, M., Kleitou, P., Kondylatos, G., Lipej, L., Mifsud, C., Özvarol, Y., Pagano, A., Portelli, P., Poursanidis, D., Rabaoui, L., Schembri, P., Taşkın, E., Tiralongo, F., Zenetos, A. (2015). New Mediterranean biodiversity records (October 2015). Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(3), 682-702. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1477
- Crocetta, F., Shokouros-Oskarsson, M., Doumpas, N., Giovos, I., Kalogirou, S., Langeneck, J., Tanduo, V., Tiralongo, F., Virgili, R., Kleitou, P. (2021). Protect the natives to combat the aliens: Could Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 be a natural agent for the control of the lionfsh invasion in the Mediterranean Sea? Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(3), 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030308
- Dailianis, T., Akyol, O., Babalı, N., Bariche, M., Crocetta, F., Gerovasiliou, V., hanem, R., Gökoğlu, M., Hasiotis, T., Izquierdo-Munoz, A., Julian, D., Katsanevakis, S., Lipej, L., Mancini, E., Mytilineou, CH., Ounifi Ben Amor, K., Özgül, A., Ragkousis, M., Rubio-Portillo, E., Servello, G., Sini, M., Stamouli, C., Sterioti, A., Teker, S., Tiralongo, F., Trkov, D. (2016). New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(2), 608-626. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1734 Dragičević, B., Ugarković, P., Krželj, M., Zurub, D., Dulčić, J. (2021). New record of Pterois cf. miles (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the eastern middle Adriatic Sea (Croatian waters): Northward expansion. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 51(4), 379–383. https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.51.75811
- Froese, R., Pauly, D. (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2024) (accessed date: 24.06.2024).
- Golani, D., Sonin, O. (1992). New records of the Red Sea fishes, Pterois miles (Scorpaenidae) and Pteragogus pelycus (Labridae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39(2), 167-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02906001
- Kletou, D., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Kleitou, P. (2016). A lionfish (Pterois miles) invasion has begun in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9, 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0065-y
- Lowe, S., Browne, M., Boudjelas, S., De Poorter, M. (2000). 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species. A selection from global invasive species database. Invasive Species Specialist Group, IUCN, 12 pp.
- Lök, A., Metin, C., Ulaş, A., Düzbastılar, F.O., Tokaç, A. (2002). Artificial reefs in Turkey. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59, 192-195. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2002.1221
- Oruç, A. Ç., Şensurat Genç, T., Özgül, A. & Lök, A. (2022). The northernmost dispersal record of the lionfish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) for the Aegean Sea. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 39(1), 84-87. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.1.12
- Özgül, A. (2020). Occurrence of lionfish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the coast of Aegean Sea (Turkey): The northernmost dispersal record. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 37(3), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.37.3.15
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Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Fisheries Management |
| Journal Section | Short Communication |
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| Early Pub Date | December 16, 2024 |
| Publication Date | |
| Submission Date | June 26, 2024 |
| Acceptance Date | September 3, 2024 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2025Volume: 8 Issue: 1 |
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