FIRST RECORD OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TWOSPOT CARDINALFISH, CHEILODIPTERUS NOVEMSTRIATUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: PERCIFORMES: APOGONIDAE), FROM TURKISH MARINE WATERS
Date
2015Author
Turan, CemalErguden, Deniz
Uygur, Necdet
Gurlek, Mevlut
Erdogan, Zeliha A.
Sonmez, Bektas
Uyan, Ali
Karan, Serpil
Dogdu, Servet A.
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Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Ruppell, 1838), is recorded for the first time from the Turkish marine waters. Two specimens of C. novemstriatus were sampled with a purse seiner on 1 December 2014, and also a school of C. novemstriatus was photographed during scuba diving at a depth of 13 m on a rocky surface on 8 December 2014 in the Cevlik coast, Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean of Turkey. With the present report, the number of alien cardinal fish species reported in the Turkish coasts has reached five.
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ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIAVolume
45Issue
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