- Deniz Ergüden
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
deniz.erguden@iste.edu.tr - Ali Uyan
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Serpil Karan
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
- Mevlüt Gürlek
Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Volume 3 - No: 1
The second record of the Seychelles dragonet Synchiropus sechellensis in the Northeastern Mediterranean coasts of the Turkey
DOI: 10.28978/nesciences.379324
Keywords: Occurrence, Dragonet, Synchiropus sechellensis, eastward extention, Mediterranean Sea
Abstract
Two female and one male specimens of the Seychelles dragonet Synchiropus sechellensis were caught by a commercial trawl at a depths of about 55-65 m on 04 November 2017 from the Aydıncık coast, Turkey. The present paper reports the second record of S. sechellensis with its extention to eastward coast of Mediterranean of Turkey. The present observation also indicate that S. sechellensis has established population in the southern coast of Turkey.