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First record of Indo-Pacific Indian scad fish, Decapterus russelli, on the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2011

Serdar Sakinan  and
Yesim Ak Örek
Serdar Sakinan*
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, PO Box 28, 33731 Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey
Yesim Ak Örek
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, PO Box 28, 33731 Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Sakınan, Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, PO Box 28, 33731 Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey email: serdar@ims.metu.edu.tr
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Abstract

The lessepsian migrant fish Decapterus russelli was recorded for the first time on the coast of Turkey, north-eastern Mediterranean. A sampling campaign was carried out from January 2008 to March 2010. A total of sixty-seven specimens was caught with trawl nets at a depth of 15–18 m. Decapterus russelli was found in Iskenderun Bay on 17 October 2009, Mersin Bay and Erdemli Bay on 17, 18 and 23 March 2010. Some morphometric and meristic characteristics of this species are presented here.

Keywords

Decapterus russellilessepsian migrationfirst recordthe coast of Turkeynorth-eastern Mediterranean
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e14
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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