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First records of Hippocampus fuscus and Syngnathus rostellatus (Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae) from the Anatolian coast (Mediterranean Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2004

Mehmet Gokoglu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Akdeniz University, 07059, Antalya, Turkey
Turker Bodur
Affiliation:
Faculty of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Akdeniz University, 07059, Antalya, Turkey
Yasemin Kaya
Affiliation:
Faculty of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Akdeniz University, 07059, Antalya, Turkey

Abstract

Two new species belonging to Syngnatidae were newly recorded in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkish Mediterranean. These are reported for the first time from the Turkish Mediterranean (Anatolian coast) and for the second time the Mediterranean. These species are Hippocampus fuscus, immigrant from the Red Sea, and Syngnathus rostellatus, immigrant from the Atlantic Ocean.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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