Occurrence of the Red Sea Goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) from the Western Mediterranean Coast of Turkey

Abstract

Three specimens of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali were recorded from two locations at a depth of 12-18 m. One was observed during the SCUBA diving in Fethiye Bay on 15 June 2016 and the other two were collected via trawling during a bentic survey in Aydıncık coast on 24 December 2016. P. forsskali was first recorded in the Mediterranean coast of Turkey twelve years ago. This lessepsian species appears to be continually spreading and easily establishing new populations in the Mediterranean Sea coast of Turkey. Our study indicated the westward expansion of P. forsskali along to Mediterranean coasts. The present study also investigated the way of introduction and possible depths of its spread in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

• Mullidae,Lessepsian,Aydıncık coast,Fethiye Bay,Turkey

Türkiye’nin Batı Akdeniz Sahillerinden Kızıldeniz Barbunu Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976)’nin Bulunuşu

Abstract

Parupeneus forsskali’nin üç bireyi 12-18 m derinliklerden iki bölgeden kaydedilmiştir. Birinci birey 15 Haziran 2016 tarihinde SCUBA dalışı sırasında Fethiye Körfezi’nden gözlenmiş, diğer iki birey 24 Aralık 2016'da Aydıncık sahilinde yapılan bentik bir tarama sırasında trol ile örneklenmiştir. P. forsskali ilk olarak on iki yıl önce Türkiye'nin Akdeniz kıyılarında kaydedildi. Bu lessepsiyen türler, sürekli yayılmakta ve Türkiye’nin Akdeniz kıyılarında kolaylıkla yeni populasyonlar oluşturabilmektedir. Çalışmamız, P. forsskali'nin batıya doğru genişlemesini Akdeniz kıyılarında göstermiştir. Bu çalışmada ayrıca bu türün Akdeniz’deki dağılım alanları ve muhtemel bulunduğu derinlikler kaydedilmiştir.

Keywords

• Mullidae,Lessepsiyen,Aydıncık sahili,Fethiye Körfezi,Türkiye

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