A Checklist of the Non-indigenous Fishes in Turkish Marine Waters

Authors : Cemal TURAN, Mevlüt GÜRLEK, Nuri BAŞUSTA, Ali UYAN, Servet A DOĞDU, Serpil KARAN

Pages : 333-358

Doi:10.28978/nesciences.468995

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Publication Date : 2018-10-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :A checklist of non-indigenous marine fishes including bony, cartilaginous and jawless distributed along the Turkish Marine Waters was for the first time generated in the present study. The number of records of non-indigenous fish species found in Turkish marine waters were 101 of which 89 bony, 11 cartilaginous and 1 jawless. In terms of occurrence of non-indigenous fish species in the surrounding Turkish marine waters, the Mediterranean coast has the highest diversity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(92 species);, followed by the Aegean Sea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(50 species);, the Marmara Sea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(11 species); and the Black Sea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2 species);. The Indo-Pacific origin of the non-indigenous fish species is represented with 73 species while the Atlantic origin of the non-indigenous species is represented with 22 species. Only first occurrence of a species in the Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea Coasts of Turkey is given with its literature in the list.
Keywords : Checklist, non indigenous fishes, Turkish Marien Waters