- Mevlüt Gürlek
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetic Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
mevlut.gurlek@iste.edu.tr - Deniz Ergüden
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetic Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Ali Uyan
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetic Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Servet Ahmet Doğdu
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetic Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Deniz Yağlıoğlu
Department of Biology, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
- Bayram Öztürk
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Cemal Turan
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetic Laboratory, Department of Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Volume 1 - No: 3
First record of red lionfish, Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1785) in the Mediterranean Sea
DOI: 10.28978/nesciences.286308
Keywords: Red lionfish, Pterois volitans, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey
Abstract
A single male specimen of red lionfish Pterois volitans was recorded for the first time in 13 May 2016 from the Iskenderun Bay, North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey. The present paper also reports the first record of the red lionfish P. volitans along the Mediterranean Sea.