FIRST RECORD OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TWOSPOT CARDINALFISH, CHEILODIPTERUS NOVEMSTRIATUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: PERCIFORMES: APOGONIDAE), FROM TURKISH MARINE WATERS


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Turan C., Erguden D., Uygur N., Gürlek M., Erdogan Z. A., Sonmez B., ...Daha Fazla

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Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Ruppell, 1838), is recorded for the first time from the Turkish marine waters. Two specimens of C. novemstriatus were sampled with a purse seiner on 1 December 2014, and also a school of C. novemstriatus was photographed during scuba diving at a depth of 13 m on a rocky surface on 8 December 2014 in the Cevlik coast, Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean of Turkey. With the present report, the number of alien cardinal fish species reported in the Turkish coasts has reached five.