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Prebosphoric occurrence of Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 in southwestern Black Sea with notes on its morphometry and dispersal potential
Abstract
On 21 December 2023 one specimen of Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 have been captured by means of a commercial bottom trawler towed at a depth of 30 m off Şile coast. Following its first occurrence in Turkish Black Sea waters off Giresun coast on 6 March 2023, it has recently reported from the Marmara Sea (Gulf of İzmit) on 7 January 2024, exhibiting a noteworthy dispersal speed which required less than one year to migrate across nearly a 1,000 km. Therefore, the dispersal and potential interactions with indigenous species of this invasive teleostean along theTurkish coast should be monitored carefully. In the present article, authors provide full morphometric and meristic characters of S. schlegelii, as well.
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Ethical Statement
Specimen of Sebastes schlegelii examined in the present study was consisted of a bycatch fish captured in commercial fisheries. Live fishes were never euthanized and their wellfare were never violated. Since the present samples were only consisted of already death animals, no approval of ethical committe required.
Thanks
Authors thank to the crews of commercial fishing trawler (Ömer Halis Demir) and the fisherman Sefer GÜZEY for generously sharing the specimen of S. schlegelii examined in the present study.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Conservation and Biodiversity
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
March 11, 2024
Publication Date
March 15, 2024
Submission Date
January 21, 2024
Acceptance Date
March 7, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2024 Volume: 41 Number: 1
APA
Uzer, U., Karakulak, F. S., & Kabasakal, H. (2024). Prebosphoric occurrence of Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 in southwestern Black Sea with notes on its morphometry and dispersal potential. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 41(1), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.41.1.09