First record of the spiny blaasop Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) (Tetraodontidae) from the Turkish coasts
Mediterranean Marine Science, vol.12, no.1, pp.247-252, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 12 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2011
- Doi Number: 10.12681/mms.63
- Journal Name: Mediterranean Marine Science
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.247-252
- Keywords: Eastern Mediterranean, Spiny blaasop, Turkey, Tylerius spinosissimus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The non-indigenous tetraodontid of Indo-Pacific origin Tylerius spinosissimus is recorded for the first time in Turkish waters and for the third time in the Mediterranean Sea. This record increases to 53 the number of Indo-Pacific alien fish species present along the coasts of Turkey.