First record of small scaled terapon, Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829, in Turkey

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Manaşırlı M., Mavruk S.

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
  • 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)