An updated checklist of the marine fishes of Turkey
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol.38, no.6, pp.901-929, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Review
- Volume: 38 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.3906/zoo-1405-60
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.901-929
- Keywords: Marine fish diversity, Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The current status of marine fishes distributed along the Turkish coasts is reviewed and an updated checklist including 512 species is presented. In this study, 5 species are recorded for the first time from Turkey (Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810); Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1882; Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810; Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud, 1927; and Gobius roulei de Buen, 1928), while 7 species are new to the Turkish Aegean Sea coast (Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840; Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810; Apletodon dentatus (Facciola, 1887); Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997; Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837; Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931); Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983) and 3 species are newly reported from the Levantine coast (Dysomma brevirostre (Facciola, 1887); Apletodon dentatus (Facciola, 1887); Zebrus zebrus (Risso, 1827)).