First record of the Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Apogonidae), from Turkish marine waters
2015
C. Turan | D. Erguden | N. Uygur | M. Gurlek | Z.A. Erdogan | B. Sonmez | A. Uyan | S. Karan | S.A. Dogdu
Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838), is recorded for the first time from the Turkish marine waters. Two specimens of C. novemstriatus were sampled with a purse seiner on 1 December 2014, and also a school of C. novemstriatus was photographed during scuba diving at a depth of 13 m on a rocky surface on 8 December 2014 in the Cevlik coast, Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean of Turkey. With the present report, the number of alien cardinal fish species reported in the Turkish coasts has reached five.
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