TY - JOUR T1 - OCCURRENCE OF THE ATLANTIC POMFRET, Brama brama (BONNATERRE 1788) (PERCIFORMES: BRAMIDAE) IN THE AEGEAN SEA (SIĞACIK BAY, TURKEY) AU - Akyol, Okan AU - Ulaş, Ali PY - 2019 DA - January DO - 10.3153/AR19004 JF - Aquatic Research JO - Aquat Res PB - Nuray ERKAN ÖZDEN WT - DergiPark SN - 2618-6365 SP - 32 EP - 35 VL - 2 IS - 1 LA - en AB - Two specimens ofthe Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama wascaught by a driftnet off southern coast of İzmir, Sığacık Bay at a depth of 147m on 20 June 2018. Moreover, one of the individuals had the maximum size with710 mm TL and 5696 g throughout the Mediterranean. This short note presents anew official record of B. brama onthe ichthyofaunal richness of the Turkish Aegean Sea. KW - Rare species KW - Sığacık Bay KW - Measurement KW - Maximal size KW - Aegean Sea CR - Corsini-Foka, M. (2009). Uncommon fishes from Rhodes and nearby marine region (SE Aegean Sea, Greece). Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 12, 125-133. CR - Froese, R., Pauly, D. (2018, June 19). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. Retrieved from http://fishbase.org/summary/Brama-brama.html (accessed 19.06.18). CR - Geldiay, R. (1969). Important fishes found in the Bay of Izmir and their possible invasions. Monogr. Fac. Sci., Ege Univ., 11, 1-135 [in Turkish]. CR - Golani, D., Öztürk, B., Başusta, N. (2006). The Fishes of the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish Marine Research Foundation, Publication No. 24. Istanbul. ISBN: 975-8825-12-7 CR - Haedrich, R.L. (1986). Bramidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead, M.L. Bauchot, J.C. Hureau, J. Nielsen & E. Tortonese (Eds). Fishes of the Northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (pp. 847-853). UNESCO, Paris. CR - Mytilineou, C., Anastasopoulou, A., Christides, G., Bekas, P., Smith, C.J., Papadopoulou, K.N., Lefkaditou, E., Kavadas, S. (2013). New records of rare deep water fish species in the eastern Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Natural History, 47, 1645-1662. UR - https://doi.org/10.3153/AR19004 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/634646 ER -