- Deniz Ayas
Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University Yenişehir Campus, 33160, Mersin, Turkey
- Nuray Çiftçi
Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University Yenişehir Campus, 33160, Mersin, Turkey
- Hasan Deniz Akbora
Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University Yenişehir Campus, 33160, Mersin, Turkey, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
hasan.deniz@emu.edu.tr
Volume 4 - No: 3
New record of Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) from Mersin Bay, the Northeastern Mediterranean
Keywords: Carcharhinus brevipinna, Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea
Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to present the morphometric and meristic data of Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) which caught from Mersin Bay (coordinate: 36°13'44.8"N34° 01'42.1"E, 36°14'28.2"N 34°02'19.6"E) in February 2019. The total length of this shark specimen, which caught from a depth of 20 m, is 115 cm, and its weight is 11.5 kg. Morphometric measurements of the individual made, its photographs were taken and given the catalog number (MEUFC-19-11-104) and recorded in the Museum of the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University.