<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>One mature female specimen of serpent eel <italic>Ophisurus serpens</italic> (Linnaeus, 1758) was caught by long line by a professional fisherman at a depth of about 45 m from Ece Bight, Saros Bay, north Aegean Sea on 15 February 2016. The species was previously reported without any morphometric and meristic characters from Saros Bay. Some biological characters, such as age and diameters of otolith and oocytes, are also given. In this study, the detailed morphomeristic features, which can contribute to the taxonomic studies of serpent eel from Turkish Seas, are presented.</p></abstract>

One mature female specimen of serpent eel Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) was caught by long line by a professional fisherman at a depth of about 45 m from Ece Bight, Saros Bay, north Aegean Sea on 15 February 2016. The species was previously reported without any morphometric and meristic characters from Saros Bay. Some biological characters, such as age and diameters of otolith and oocytes, are also given. In this study, the detailed morphomeristic features, which can contribute to the taxonomic studies of serpent eel from Turkish Seas, are presented.

The Confirmed Occurence of Serpent Eel <italic>Ophisurus serpens</italic> in Saros Bay (Northern Agean Sea), Turkey

Department of Marine Science and Faculty of Limnology

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science And Arts

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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The Confirmed Occurence of Serpent Eel  in Saros Bay (Northern Agean Sea), Turkey

One mature female specimen of serpent eel Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) was caught by long line by a professional fisherman at a depth of about 45 m from...

The Confirmed Occurence of Serpent Eel Ophisurus serpens in Saros Bay (Northern Agean Sea), Turkey

Published Online: Sep 18, 2020

Page range: 157 - 164

Received: May 17, 2020

Accepted: Jul 08, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2020-0015

Keywords
Morpho-meristic measurements, Otolith, Age, Oocyte

© 2020 Sezginer Tuncer et al., published by Sciendo

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

The Confirmed Occurence of Serpent Eel Ophisurus serpens in Saros Bay (Northern Agean Sea), Turkey

Published Online: Sep 18, 2020

Page range: 157 - 164

Received: May 17, 2020

Accepted: Jul 08, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2020-0015

KeywordsMorpho-meristic measurements, Otolith, Age, Oocyte

© 2020 Sezginer Tuncer et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Morpho-meristic measurements, Otolith, Age, Oocyte