First record of the doublebar seabream, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Sparidae), in the Aegean Sea | Zendy

Tuğçe Şensurat Genç | Zendy; Dilruba Seyhan | Zendy; Yukio Iwatsuki | Zendy

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First record of the doublebar seabream, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Sparidae), in the Aegean Sea

Author(s) -

Tuğçe Şensurat Genç,

Dilruba Seyhan,

Yukio Iwatsuki

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

acta ichthyologica et piscatoria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1734-1515

pISSN - 0137-1592

DOI - 10.3750/aiep/02734

Subject(s) - actinopterygii , sparidae , perciformes , fishery , biology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii>

The present paper reports the second record of a Lessepsian migrant, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskal, 1775), in the Mediterranean Sea and first record from the Aegean Sea. The species is distinguished by the counts of 51/2 scale rows between the fifth dorsal-fin spine and lateral line, dorsal and caudal fins yellow, without a dense black margin of dorsal-fin or narrow black edge along rear margin of caudal fin which is being diagnostic characters of this species.

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