First record of small scaled terapon, Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829, in Turkey
Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, cilt.27, ss.98-103, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 27
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Dergi Adı: Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Other Indexes
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.98-103
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The small scaled terapon, Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829, is an amphidromous species native
to the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean, inhabiting marine, brackish and
freshwater habitats. It entered to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal and established
populations in the south-eastern and eastern coasts of the Levantine Basin. Here, we report
the northernmost occurrence of T. puta from the Turkish coasts of the Mediterranean Sea
for the first time. On 2 February 2020, a single specimen of T. puta (8.4 cm total length)
was caught by a recreational fisherman at 10 m depth off Yumurtalık coast, İskenderun
Bay (36.75 N, 35.73 E)