Filling the gap: first confirmed record for the Ophisurus serpens (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Anatolian coast of the South Aegean Sea

Filling the gap: first confirmed record for the Ophisurus serpens (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Anatolian coast of the South Aegean Sea

The occurrence of the rare serpent eel Ophisurus serpens is reported here for the first time from the Anatolian coasts of the South Aegean Sea. On 5 January 2015, a single specimen with a total length of 121. 2 cm and 363.14 g was collected by seine boat off Gökova Bay, Turkey. This finding shows th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Marine biodiversity records 2015-01, Vol.8, Article e63
Hauptverfasser: Filiz, Halit, Ateş, Celal, Yapici, Sercan, Ağdamar, Sevan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The occurrence of the rare serpent eel Ophisurus serpens is reported here for the first time from the Anatolian coasts of the South Aegean Sea. On 5 January 2015, a single specimen with a total length of 121. 2 cm and 363.14 g was collected by seine boat off Gökova Bay, Turkey. This finding shows that its population is expanding southwards, from Izmir to the Anatolian coasts of the Aegean Sea.
ISSN:1755-2672
1755-2672
DOI:10.1017/S1755267215000482