Open AccessFirst record of the Spiny blaasop Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) (Tetraodontidae) from the Turkish coasts
Author(s) -
Cemal Turan,
Deniz Yağlıoğlu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mediterranean marine science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1791-6763
pISSN - 1108-393X
DOI - 10.12681/mms.63
Subject(s) - turkish , alien , fishery , indigenous , geography , mediterranean climate , mediterranean sea , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , biology , ecology , archaeology , geology , political science , philosophy , linguistics , politics , citizenship , law
The non-indigenous tetraodontid of Indo-Pacific origin Tylerius spinosissimus is recorded for the first time in Turkish waters and for the third time in the Mediterranean Sea. This record increases to 53 the number of Indo-Pacific alien fish species present along the coasts of Turkey.