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<p><italic>Pterois miles</italic> (Bennett, 1828), one of the most destructive marine invaders, was reported from the Mediterranean in 1991. It has invaded most parts of the Mediterranean from 2013, when it was reported for the second time, until today. On 7th October 2020, a single specimen of <italic>P. miles</italic> was collected by the bottom trawl from the Edremit Bay (Northern Aegean Sea). COI barcode region was used for the molecular identification of the specimen. DNA barcode data suggest that the specimen used in the present study is <italic>P. miles</italic> with a 99.69% probability. The current study is presented by providing the northernmost occurrence of the <italic>P. miles</italic> from the Aegean Sea with molecular confirmation.</p>
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Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828), one of the most destructive marine invaders, was reported from the Mediterranean in 1991. It has invaded most parts of the Mediterranean from 2013, when it was reported for the second time, until today. On 7th October 2020, a single specimen of P. miles was collected by the bottom trawl from the Edremit Bay (Northern Aegean Sea). COI barcode region was used for the molecular identification of the specimen. DNA barcode data suggest that the specimen used in the present study is P. miles with a 99.69% probability. The current study is presented by providing the northernmost occurrence of the P. miles from the Aegean Sea with molecular confirmation.

Unwanted Guest Continues its Northern Journey in the Aegean Sea: <italic>Pterois miles</italic> (Bennett, 1828)

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Unwanted Guest Continues its Northern Journey in the Aegean Sea:  (Bennett, 1828)

Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828), one of the most destructive marine invaders, was reported from the Mediterranean in 1991. It has invaded most parts of the...

Unwanted Guest Continues its Northern Journey in the Aegean Sea: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)

Published Online: Feb 08, 2023

Page range: 55 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2022-0020

Keywords
lionfish, cytochrome oxidase I, indo-pacific sp., marine bioinvasion

© 2022 İlker Aydin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Unwanted Guest Continues its Northern Journey in the Aegean Sea: Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828)

Published Online: Feb 08, 2023

Page range: 55 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2022-0020

Keywordslionfish, cytochrome oxidase I, indo-pacific sp., marine bioinvasion

© 2022 İlker Aydin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
lionfish, cytochrome oxidase I, indo-pacific sp., marine bioinvasion