First record of marbled stingray, dasyatis marmorata (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), on the coast of Turkey, North-Eastern Mediterranean

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Erguden D., Turan C., Gurlek M., Uyan A., Reyhaniye A. N.

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, vol.44, no.2, pp.159-161, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3750/aip2014.44.2.11
  • Journal Name: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.159-161
  • Keywords: Description, Iskenderun Bay, Morphometric measurements, Stingray
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Two specimens of marbled stingray, Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892), were captured for the first time on 24-25 October 2013 in the Iskenderun Bay, located in the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. This is the first record of D. marmorata in Turkish coastal waters and the seventh dasyatid species reported to date from the area.