<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Three specimens (1 male and 2 females) of royal flagfin <italic>Aulopus filamentosus</italic> (Bloch, 1792) were caught at a depth of 184 m off Erdemli, Mersin Bay (northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey) in June 2015. The present paper reports the first occurrence and is the confirmation of royal flagfin <italic>A. filamentosus</italic> from the northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey. Since it has been recorded only once in the last sixty years, this species could be considered as exceptionally rare in the easternmost area of the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey.</p></abstract>

Three specimens (1 male and 2 females) of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) were caught at a depth of 184 m off Erdemli, Mersin Bay (northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey) in June 2015. The present paper reports the first occurrence and is the confirmation of royal flagfin A. filamentosus from the northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey. Since it has been recorded only once in the last sixty years, this species could be considered as exceptionally rare in the easternmost area of the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey.

The occurrence of royal flagfin <italic>Aulopus filamentosus</italic> (Bloch, 1792) in Mersin bay (North-Eastern Mediterranean) Turkey

Department of Marine Science, Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty

Fisheries Department, Kahta Vocational School

Fisheries Department, Imamoglu Vocational School

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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The occurrence of royal flagfin  (Bloch, 1792) in Mersin bay (North-Eastern Mediterranean) Turkey

Three specimens (1 male and 2 females) of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) were caught at a depth of 184 m off Erdemli, Mersin Bay...

The occurrence of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) in Mersin bay (North-Eastern Mediterranean) Turkey

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 51 - 54

Received: Feb 05, 2017

Accepted: Nov 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0006

Keywords
Mersin Bay, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

© 2018 Deniz Erguden et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The occurrence of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) in Mersin bay (North-Eastern Mediterranean) Turkey

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 51 - 54

Received: Feb 05, 2017

Accepted: Nov 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0006

KeywordsMersin Bay, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

© 2018 Deniz Erguden et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Mersin Bay, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey