Extension of the Striped Eel Catfish Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from the eastern Mediterranean Coast to the Mersin Bay on the western Mediterranean Coast of Turkey

Authors : Cemal TURAN, Deniz AYAS, Servet Ahmet DOĞDU, Ayşegül ERGENLER

Pages : 240-247

Doi:10.28978/nesciences.1183740

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Publication Date : 2022-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :A group of schools of striped eel catfish Plotosus lineatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Thunberg, 1787); was photographed during scuba diving at depths of 10 m and 17 m on 11 July 2022 and on 24 September 2022 from Kızkalesi and Boğsak regions in the Mersin Bay of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. With the present study, P. lineatus is extending its distribution to the western Mediterranean coastal waters after its first occurrence in 2016 in the İskenderun Bay of Turkish Marine waters.
Keywords : Alien species, striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, westward extension, Mersin Bay