Maximum Length Report of Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810 in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Authors : Deniz AYAS, Hasan Deniz AKBORA, Deniz ERGÜDEN

Pages : 83-86

Doi:10.33714/masteb.690826

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Publication Date : 2020-12-31

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The present paper reports the maximum length of the rare seen deep-sea fish bristlemouth Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810 in the Mediterranean. One specimen of G. denudatum was caught using a trawler from the deep seas of Northern Cyprus waters on June 22th 2019. The total length insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TL); of the specimen was 165 mm, the standard length insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SL); was 149.5 mm, and the total weight was 16.2 g. Till today, this sample shown to this species maximum length insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TL);, which was recorded for the Mediterranean as well as in Eastern basin waters.
Keywords : Bristlemouth, Gonostoma denudatum, New size, Mediterranean waters, North Cyprus