EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES (ACTINOPTERYGII: PERCIFORMES: SERRANIDAE)-A NEW LESSEPSIAN MIGRANT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF TURKEY

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GÖKOĞLU M., ÖZVAROL Y.

ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA, vol.45, no.3, pp.307-309, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3750/aip2015.45.3.09
  • Journal Name: ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.307-309
  • Keywords: fish, Lessepsian species, orange-spotted, grouper, range expansion, new country record, SEA, GROUPER
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A single specimen of orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822), was collected by a fish trap at depth of 7 m, on 2 November 2014, in the port of Antalya, Turkey. The fish was examined and its metric and meristic features are provided and the specimen is illustrated. The presently reported new finding constitutes the fourth Mediterranean record of E. coioides.