The Checklist of Marine Fish Species Deposited in the, Systematic Museum, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University between 2017-2018

Abstract

Eleven trawling operations were carried out in Mersin Bay (Northeastern Mediterranean Sea) between September 2017 and November 2018 as part of the museum of the Systematic. In this study, 102 fish species belonging to 66 families of 20 orders were sampled. They were listed on the museum catalogue (MEUFC-17-11-001-MEUFC-18-11-102). These species were preserved in 4% formalin and was deposited in the Museum of the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University. The majority of species (~%54) belong to the order of the Perciformes. The other orders: Tetradontiformes (~%7) > Scorpaeniformes (~%5) > Mugiliformes = Pleuronectiformes = Carcharhiniformes = Myliobatiformes = Syngnathiformes = Anguilliformes = Squaliformes (~%3) > Clupeiformes = Rajiformes = Beloniformes (~%2) > Torpediniformes = Hexanchiformes = Rhinopristiformes = Squatiniformes = Zeiformes = Beryciformes = Aulopiformes (~%1). While 61% of the species are Atlanto-Mediterranean, 28 % of the species are Indo-Pacific. Few species were circumglobal (9%) and tropical originated species (2%). 

Keywords

• Museum Catalogue
• Fish Species
• Mersin Bay
• Northeastern Mediterranean Sea
• Turkey

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