ON THE OCCURRENCE OF POMADASYS INCISUS (HAEMULIDAE) IN THE TURKISH AEGEAN SEA (EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA)
Citation
ÇOKER, T., & AKYOL, O. ON THE OCCURRENCE OF POMADASYS INCISUS (HAEMULIDAE) IN THE TURKISH AEGEAN SEA (EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA). Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series Historia Naturalis, 31, 2021, 123.Abstract
This paper aims to complement and update the data regarding the distribution of rare Pomadasys incisus, specifically by revealing the extension of its distribution in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. On 1 November 2020, a single specimen of P. incisus was captured by an angler on a sandy/rocky bottom at a depth of 3 m in Akyaka, Gökova Bay, in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. This thermophilic fish is still very rare in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (about 142 specimens reported to date). However, it is obvious that populations of P. incisus are gradually expanding towards the northern latitudes of the eastern as well as western Mediterranean basin. © 2021, Historical Society of Southern Primorska of Koper
