Range extension of Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the northeastern Mediterranean, İskenderun Bay, Turkey

Authors

VOLKAN BARIŞ KİYAĞA
SİNAN MAVRUK
CANER ENVER ÖZYURT
ERHAN AKAMCA
ÇAĞIL COŞKUN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1901-1

Abstract

This paper reports the range extension of Kyphosus vaigiensis in the northeastern (NE) Mediterranean. On 18 November, 2018, a single specimen of K. vaigiensis was caught in İskenderun Bay (36°45.6' N, 35°40.8' E) by a recreational fisherman and reported through a social media application. The specimen was identified using morphological and molecular methods. Its occurrence and distribution in the NE Mediterranean were investigated based on interviews with fishers

Keywords

Brassy chub, fishers? ecological knowledge, Levant Basin, first record, DNA barcoding

First Page

644

Last Page

649

Recommended Citation

KİYAĞA, VOLKAN BARIŞ; MAVRUK, SİNAN; ÖZYURT, CANER ENVER; AKAMCA, ERHAN; and COŞKUN, ÇAĞIL (2019) "Range extension of Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) in the northeastern Mediterranean, İskenderun Bay, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 43: No. 6, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1901-1
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol43/iss6/13