- Sezginer Tuncer
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Thechnology, University of Onsekiz Mart, Terzioglu Campus, Çanakkale, Turkey
- Hatice Torcu Koç
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Balikesir, Cagıs Campus, Balikesir 10145, Balikesir, Turkey
htorcukoc@hotmail.com - Zeliha Erdoğan
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Balikesir, Cagıs Campus, Balikesir 10145, Balikesir, Turkey
Volume 5 - No: 1
Occurrence of the golden pompano, Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus 1758) (Osteichtyes: Carangidae) in Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara
Keywords: Trachinotus ovatus, Çanakkale Strait, morphometry, Turkey
Abstract
One specimen of Trachinotus ovatus (SL: 98 mm, TL: 128mm, TW: 18.43 g) was captured by a fishing line from Kepez, Çanakkale Strait (Turkey) on 5 October 2019. This record is one of the first of the species in Çanakkale Strait. Besides this study aims to confirm its occurrence of T. ovatus with some morphological properties from Çanakkale Strait, Some morphometric and meristic features of specimen are given.