OCCURENCE OF ADULT MALE AND JUVENILES OF Dipturus oxyrinchus FROM NORTH-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Year 2019, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 40 - 42, 30.04.2019

Nuri Başusta , Asiye Basusta

Abstract

                   In this study, the
juveniles and adult male of longnosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758), were caught as by-catch from a
commercial trawl fishing at depths between 300-410 and 360-400m in the
international waters of Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. The juveniles and mature
male of longnosed skate were found for
the first time in this region.

Keywords

Dipturus oxyrinchus, long-nosed Skate, Mature, Juvenile, North-Eastern Mediterranean

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