Recent Occurrence of Shortfin Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae), from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 79 - 85, 12.07.2021

Deniz Ergüden , Deniz Ayas , Hakan Kabasakal

https://doi.org/10.46384/jmsf.839454

Cited By: 1

Abstract

A young individual of Isurus oxyrinchus was caught by a commercial longline off Dana Island (Mersin Bay, northeastern Mediterranean Sea) at a depth of 72 m on May 18th 2020. Morphometric measurements of the specimen were recorded and its photographs were taken. The examined specimen is now being preserved in the Museum of Systematics at Faculty of Fisheries of Mersin University, under the reference number MEUFC-20-11-132. This occurrence of a young female specimen reported in this study is adding a new location (Mersin Bay) from the Mediterranean's Turkish waters.

Keywords

Isurus oxyrinchus,, Lamnidae,, Mersin coast,, Dana Island, Turkey

Thanks

The authors want to thank Özkan Karkın from the fish farm for generously sharing the information and images.

Türkiye'nin Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz Kıyılarından Kısa Yüzgeçli Köpek Balığı Mako, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae)'un Son Bulunurluğu

Abstract

Isurus oxyrinchus'un genç bir bireyi, 18 Mayıs 2020 tarihinde Dana Adası açıklarında (Mersin Körfezi, Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz) 72 m derinlikte ticari balıkçılık sırasında pareketa ile yakalanmıştır. Örneğin morfometrik ölçümleri kaydedildi ve fotoğrafları çekildi. İncelenen örnek şu anda Mersin Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Sistematik Müzesi'nde MEUFC-20-11-132 örnek numarasıyla muhafaza edilmektedir. I. oxyrinchus'un Doğu Akdeniz ve Türkiye sularında nadir görüldüğü aşikardır. Bu çalışmada bildirilen genç bir dişi bireyin bu bölgedeki varlığı Türkiye’nin Akdeniz sularına yeni bir lokalite (Mersin Körfezi) eklemektir.

Keywords

Isurus oxyrinchus, Lamnidae, Mersin Sahili, Dana Adası, Türkiye

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