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The second location records of Apogon smithi and Vanderhorstia mertensi (Pisces) from the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2010

Mehmet Gökoğlu ,
Elif Özgür Özbek ,
Turhan Kebapçioğlu ,
B. Ahmet Balci  and
Yasemin Kaya
Mehmet Gökoğlu*
Affiliation:
University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Fisheries, 07058, Antalya, Turkey
Elif Özgür Özbek
Affiliation:
University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Fisheries, 07058, Antalya, Turkey
Turhan Kebapçioğlu
Affiliation:
University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Fisheries, 07058, Antalya, Turkey
B. Ahmet Balci
Affiliation:
University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Fisheries, 07058, Antalya, Turkey
Yasemin Kaya
Affiliation:
University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Fisheries, 07058, Antalya, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Gökoğlu, University of Akdeniz, Faculty of Fisheries 07058, Antalya, Turkey email: gokoglu@akdeniz.edu.tr
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Abstract

The present work reports the first record of the cardinal fish, Apogon smithi and second record of the goby fish, Vanderhorstia mertensi in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey. It constitutes also the second location records of these species from the Turkish coastline and provides information that they are an established alien species in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

Apogon smithiVanderhorstia mertensialien specieslocation recordsGulf of Antalya
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e83
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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