A First Record for the Bighead Goby (Neogobius kessleri Günther, 1861) along the Turkish Eastern Black Sea Coast

Authors : Süleyman BALIK, Davut TURAN

Pages : 107-109

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The, bighead goby is reported for the first time from the Turkish Eastern Black Sea coast in Kale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Taşlı ); Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Rize);, Erenler Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Çayeli-Rize);, Kantarlı Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pazar-Rize);, Fırtına Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ardeşen-Rize);, Işıklı Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ardeşen-Rize);, Çağlayan Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fındıklı-Rize); and Yeşil Stream insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fındıklı-Rize);. A total of 70 individuals from different sampling stations were caught by an electro-shocker. Systematic characteristics of this species were examined and then compared with those reported in previous studies.
Keywords : Gobiidae, Bighead goby, Eastern Black Sea streams Rize, Turkey