- Deniz Ergüden
Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, TR31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
deniz.erguden@iste.edu.tr - Mevlüt Gürlek
Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, TR31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Ferhat Kabaklı
Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, TR31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Cemal Turan
Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, TR31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Volume 7 - No: 1
The First Occurrence of Xanthochromic Fish, Diplodus sargus (Family: Sparidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean
DOI: 10.28978/nesciences.1098658
Keywords: White seabream, Xanthochromism, Mediterranean Sea, Iskenderun Bay, Turkey
Abstract
A single specimen white seabream, Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758), was recorded on 11 November 2019 from the coast of Konacık (Arsuz) in the Iskenderun Bay (North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey). This specimen was identified as a specimen of Diplodus sargus. Known as Xanthochromism, abnormal skin coloration is an unusually yellow pigmentation in fishes. It is often associated with the lack of usual red pigmentation and its replacement with yellow. The present paper reported the first occurrence of the xanthochromic specimen of Diplodus sargus from Turkey's Mediterranean coast.