First record of the Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Apogonidae), from Turkish marine waters

Turan C., Erguden D., Uygur N., Gurlek M., Erdogan Z. A., SÖNMEZ B., ...More

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, vol.45, no.3, pp.319-322, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3750/aip2015.45.3.12
  • Journal Name: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.319-322
  • Keywords: Colonisation, First country record, Fish, Lessepsian migration, Range extension
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838), is recorded for the first time from the Turkish marine waters. Two specimens of C. novemstriatus were sampled with a purse seiner on 1 December 2014, and also a school of C. novemstriatus was photographed during scuba diving at a depth of 13 m on a rocky surface on 8 December 2014 in the Cevlik coast, Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean of Turkey. With the present report, the number of alien cardinal fish species reported in the Turkish coasts has reached five.