Ege Denizi’nde Dişi İskender Balığı Alectis alexandrina (Carangidae)’nın Maksimum Boyutu

Year 2019, Volume 2, Issue 2, 142 - 146, 27.12.2019

Okan AKYOL Tülin ÇOKER

Abstract

Alectis alexandrina (710 mm TL)’nın bir dişi bireyi 15 Temmuz 2019 tarihinde Gökova Körfezi’nden (Muğla) 10 m derinlikte bir oltacı tarafından yakalanmıştır. Bu örnek Türkiye denizleri boyunca maksimum boyuta sahipti ve Ege Denizi için bu türün dördüncü bulgusudur.

Keywords

Boyut, Ölçüm, Gonad, Mide, Akyaka, Gökova Körfezi

Maximum Size of Female Alexandria pompano Alectis alexandrina (Carangidae) in the Aegean Sea

Abstract

A female specimen of Alectis alexandrina (710 mm TL) was caught on 15 July 2019 by an angler from the Bay of Gökova, Muğla, at a depth of 4 m. The specimen has the maximum size throughout the Turkish seas and it is fourth finding of this species for the Turkish Aegean Sea.

 

Keywords

Size, Akyaka, Gonad, Stomach, Measurement, Gökova Bay

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