The Checklist of Marine Fish Species (2017-2018): Systematic Museum, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University
2019
ÇİFTÇİ, Nuray | MERSİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SU ÜRÜNLERİ FAKÜLTESİ | AYAS, Deniz | MERSİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SU ÜRÜNLERİ FAKÜLTESİ | BAKAN, Mısra | MERSİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SU ÜRÜNLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Eleven trawling operations were carried out in MersinBay (Northeastern Mediterranean Sea) between September 2017 and November 2018as part of the museum of theSystematic. In this study, 102 fish species belonging to 66 families of20 orders were sampled. They were listed on the museum catalogue(MEUFC-17-11-001-MEUFC-18-11-102). Thesespecies were preserved in 4% formalin and was deposited in the Museum of theSystematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University. The majority ofspecies (~%54) belong to the order of the Perciformes. The other orders: Tetradontiformes(~%7) > Scorpaeniformes (~%5) > Mugiliformes = Pleuronectiformes =Carcharhiniformes = Myliobatiformes = Syngnathiformes = Anguilliformes = Squaliformes(~%3) > Clupeiformes = Rajiformes = Beloniformes (~%2) > Torpediniformes= Hexanchiformes = Rhinopristiformes = Squatiniformes = Zeiformes = Beryciformes= Aulopiformes (~%1). While 61% of the species are Atlanto-Mediterranean, 28 %of the species are Indo-Pacific. Few species were circumglobal (9%) andtropical originated species (2%).
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