Range extension of blue-barred parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 along the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey

Year 2018, Volume: 31 Issue: 3, 82 - 85, 12.08.2018

Deniz Ergüden Yusuf Kenan Bayhan Sibel Alagöz Ergüden3 Sibel Alagöz Ergüden3 Ayhan Altun

Abstract

A single specimen of blue-barred parrofish Scarus ghobban 442 mm in total length and 1820 g in weight was
recorded from the Gazipaşa coast of Turkey. This paper reports the third
location along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey inhabited by S. ghobban. The presence of this species
in the Southwestern coast of Turkey is also being reported for the first time
here. Morphometric and meristic characters of our specimen were given and some
remarks about the geographical distribution of the species all around the
Mediterranean were presented.

Keywords

Alien species, Expansion, Gazipaşa coast, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

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