Critically endangered fish species of Turkish Seas (Mediterranean and Aegean): Longfin gurnard, Chelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792)

Year 2016, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 11 - 15, 02.02.2016

Cemal Turan , Deniz Ergüden Mevlüt Gürlek

https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.286039

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Longfin gurnard Chelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792) is reported several times from
various researchers in the checklist of Turkish marine fishes. However, last three decades, the
species is not occurred in the distributional range, comprising the northeastern Mediterranean
Sea and Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. It is possibly critically endangered or absent in the
Turkish Seas. Moreover, there has no any biological study been carried out on C. obscurus in
Turkey. C. obscurus is considered to be critically endangered or regionally extinct in the
eastern Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. This species might be recorded
as “Critically Endangered” in the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea coast of Turkey in the IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species.

Keywords

Chelidonichthys obscurus, Longfin gurnard, Endangered species, Turkish Seas

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