- Natural and Engineering Sciences
- Vol: 3 Issue: 3
- A Checklist of the Non-indigenous Fishes in Turkish Marine Waters
A Checklist of the Non-indigenous Fishes in Turkish Marine Waters
Authors : Cemal Turan, Mevlüt Gürlek, Nuri Başusta, Ali Uyan, Servet A. Doğdu, Serpil Karan
Pages : 333-358
Doi:10.28978/nesciences.468995
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Publication Date : 2018-10-10
Article Type : Research
Abstract :A checklist of non-indigenous marine fishes including bony, cartilaginous and jawless distributed along the Turkish Marine Waters was for the first time generated in the present study. The number of records of non-indigenous fish species found in Turkish marine waters were 101 of which 89 bony, 11 cartilaginous and 1 jawless. In terms of occurrence of non-indigenous fish species in the surrounding Turkish marine waters, the Mediterranean coast has the highest diversity (92 species), followed by the Aegean Sea (50 species), the Marmara Sea (11 species) and the Black Sea (2 species). The Indo-Pacific origin of the non-indigenous fish species is represented with 73 species while the Atlantic origin of the non-indigenous species is represented with 22 species. Only first occurrence of a species in the Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea Coasts of Turkey is given with its literature in the list.Keywords : Checklist, non-indigenous fishes, Turkish Marien Waters