TY - JOUR T1 - A new deepwater fish, Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Osteichthyes: Stomiidae), from the Turkish waters of Levant Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) AU - Eryılmaz, Cem Dalyan And Lütfiye PY - 2008 DA - April JF - Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment PB - Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı WT - DergiPark SN - 1304-9550 SP - 33 EP - 37 VL - 14 IS - 1 LA - en AB - Abstract The first record of the Viperfish Chauliodus sloani, with morphometric and meristic characteristics, in Turkish waters of Levant Sea are reported. One specimen was caught in a trawl on 26 April 2004 at a depth of ca. 400 m in (3602'- 3605' N, 3537' - 3529' E). The specimen is the first sample which is caught of this species from Levant Sea. KW - Key words: Stomiidae KW - Chauliodus sloani KW - Deepwater fish KW - Levant Sea CR - Fricke, R., Bilecenoglu, M., Sari, H. M., (2007). Annotated checklist of fish and lamprey species (Gnathostomata and Petromyzontomorphi) of Turkey, including a Red List of threatened and declining species. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Ser. A (706), 3 Abb., 8 Tab., 169 pp. CR - Galil, B. S., (2004). The limit of the sea: the bathyal fauna of the Levantine Sea. Scientia Marina, 68 (Suppl. 3): 63-72. CR - Gibbs, R. H., Jr., (1989). Chauliodontidae. In: Whitehead,P.J.P., Bauchot, M.-L., Hureau, J.-C. Nielsen, J., Tortonese, E., eds. Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Vol. 1. Paris, Unesco, pp. 336-337. CR - Golani, D., (1996). The Marine Ichthyofauna of the Eastern Levant-History, Inventory, and Characterization. Israel Journal of Zoology, Vol. 42: 15-55. CR - Nelson, J. S., (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. 4th edition. 601 pp. CR - Papaconstantinou, C., (1988). Fauna Graeciae, IV Pisces. Check-list of Marine Fishes of Greece. National Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic Zoological Society, Athens, Greece, 257 pp. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jbme/issue//121889 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/103747 ER -