Occurrence of the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula Linnaeus 1758, in the international waters of Mersin Bay, Turkey

Authors : Deniz AYAS, Nuray ÇİFTÇİ

Pages : 47-50

Doi:10.33714/masteb.436162

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Publication Date : 2018-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Eighty-five specimens of the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula Linnaeus, 1758, was caught by a bottom trawl in the international waters of the Mersin Bay in May 2018. Some of the caught individuals were preserved in 4% formalin and was deposited in the Museum of the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(catalogue number: MEUFC-18-11-079);. The depth of sampling area is between 274 and 641 m. A total of 13 trawling operations were carried out. The total number of caught individuals was 85 and on average 5 individuals were caught in each operation. The other cartilaginous fishes caught apart from S. canicula were Galeus melastomus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1 individual);, Squalus acanthias insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4 individuals);, Etmopterus spinax insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(11 individuals); and S. canicula made up 84.16% of all cartilaginous fishes which were caught.
Keywords : Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula, Mersin Bay, North Levant Sea

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