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The First Record of the Lesser Amberjack Seriola Fasciata (Bloch, 1793) in the Çevlik Coast of Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Sea BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST 13 (1): 55-57 ©Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2019 Article No.: e192301 http://biozoojournals.ro/bihbiol/index.html The first record of the Lesser amberjack Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) in the Çevlik coast of Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Sea Servet A. DOĞDU1*, Ufuk SAKALLI2, Mevlüt GÜRLEK1 and Cemal TURAN1 1. Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Turkey. 2. Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Antakya/Hatay, Turkey. * Corresponding author, S.A. Doğdu, E-mail: [email protected] Received: 03. January 2019 / Accepted: 12. April 2019 / Available online: 20. April 2019 / Printed: June 2019 Abstract. One specimen of Seriola fasciata was caught by a commercial trawler at depths of 60-70m on 10 November 2018 from the Çevlik coast of Turkey Iskenderun Bay. The present paper reports the second record of Seriola fasciata in Turkish Marine waters. Key words: Seriola fasciata, lesser amberjack, alien species, Occurrence, Iskenderun Bay. Fishes of the family Carangidae, with 146 recognized species (Froese & Pauly 2018), are mainly marine fishes of tropical and subtropical waters of Western Atlantic and Eastern At- lantic (Froese & Pauly 2018). The lesser amberjack fish Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) is distributed in the north-eastern At- lantic (northwest Spain, Azores, Madeira Island); west At- lantic, (north America), and the Mediterranean Sea where it . S. fasciata was recorded for the first time from Balearic Is- lands (Spain) in the Mediterranean Sea in 1989 (Massutí & Stefanescu 1993, Tiralongo et al. 2018). The other Mediterra- nean records were then reported from Mediterranean: Spain (Massutí & Stefanescu 1993), France (Riera et al. 1995), Italy, Tunisia (Quignard & Tomasini 2000.), Greece (Corsini et al. Figure 1. Seriola fasciata caught of Çevlik, on 10 November2018. 2006), Turkey (Kapiris et al. 2014), Syria (Jawad et al. 2015), Israel (Sonin et al. 2009) and Egyp (Stamouli et al. 2017). S. fasciata is a benthopelagic species adults are found mainly near the substrate at depths between 55 and 130 m while juveniles are epipelagic. This species feeds mainly on small fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods (Andaloro et al. 2015, Froese & Pauly 2018) and can reach a fork length of 67.5 cm and a weight of 4.6 kg (Sonin et al. 2009). Seriola fasciata in Turkey was firstly recorded from Anta- lya Bay (Kapiris et al. 2014). We hereby report the second re- cord of S. fasciata in the Çevlik coast, the Iskenderun Bay in Turkish Marine Waters. On 10 November 2018, one specimen of S. fasciata (Fig. 1) was cap- tured by a commercial trawler from the Çevlik coast (36°06'36"N - Figure 2. Previous records of Seriola fasciata in the Turkish Marine 35°54'06"E, Fig. 2) on a muddy bottom at depths of about 60-70 m. Waters ( star) (Kapiris et al. 2014) and the present record (trinagle). The specimen was taken to the Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Ge- netic Laboratory of Iskenderun Technical University for further ex- amination. The main morphometric measurements were collected by in the Table 1 in comparison. means of a digital caliper with an accuracy of 0.01 mm. The species The present study is the second documentation of S. fas- was morphologically identified according to Sonin et al. (2009), ciata collected from the Turkish marine waters. All meristic Kapiris et al. (2014), Andaloro et al. (2015), Jawad et al. (2015), Sta- and morphometric characters given in Table 1 and clearly mouli et al. (2017), Froese & Pauly (2018). The collected specimen showed that all meristic counts are overlapping correspond was preserved in 4% formalin and deposited in the Museum of the Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, İskenderun Technical as well as those from other studies. By comparing the twenty University (Code MSM-PIS-2018-6). four morphometric characters given in the table, it is clear that all morphometric ratios are the similar with the other The meristic and morphometric characteristics of the speci- studies which confirm the existence of S. fasciata in Turkish men are given in Table 1 and compared with Andaloro et al. marine waters since there was no any morphometric and (2005), Sonin et al. (2009), Jawad et al. (2015) and Stamouli et meristic characters given in the previous report by Kapiris al. (2017). The characters for the description of S. fasciata et. al. (2014) in Turkish marine waters. given in Table 1 were in accordance with the previous re- Previously, S. fasciata was considered as sporadic in the ports. Andaloro et al. (2005) reported 9 specimens in their Mediterranean. However, recent studies suggested that this study and the average values of each characters were given species is not rare (Andaloro et al. 2005). The wide Mediter- 56 S.A. Doğdu et al. Table 1. Comparison of meristic and morphometric characteristics of the specimen with previous records in the Mediterranean Sea. Morphometric and Andaloro et al. Jawad et al. Stamouli et al. Froese & Pauly Present Meristic Characters (2005) (2015) (2017) (2018) (Study) Weight (g) -- -- 49 106.2 Total length (cm) 21.5 16.9 16 50 18.3 Fork length (in T.L.) 90.8 % 87.0 % 87.5 % 88.9 % 87.4% Standard length (in T.L.) 86.0 % 83.4 % 77.5 % 85.5 % 76.5% Pre 1st dorsal fin length (in T.L.) 23.3 % 33.1 % 33.1 % 85.5 % 34.3% 1st dorsal fin length (in T.L.) 8.8 % 8.3 % 10.6 % - 11.5% 2nd dorsal fin length (in T.L.) 37.6 % 36.7 % 36.2 % - 37.7% Pre second dorsal fin length (in T.L.) - 42.0 % 41.3 % - 40.7% Height of 2nd dorsal fin lobe (in T.L.) 15.3% - 10.0 % - 9.7% Pre pectoral length (in T.L.) - - 26.3 % 26.6 % 24.3% Pectoral length (in T.L.) 13.0 % - 10.6 % - 14.4% Pre ventral fin length (in T.L.) - - 26.9 % 26.6 % 30.7% Ventral fin length (in T.L.) 19.5 % - 13.8 % - 19.2% Pre anal fin length (in T.L.) 46.5 % - 53.8 % 55.2 % 52.4% Anal fin length (in T.L.) 24.2 % 24.3 % 21.9 % - 23.9% Body depth (in T.L.) 34.9 % 24.3 % 25.6 % 26.6 % 30.9% Body width (in T.L.) - - 25.6 % - 24.3% Caudal-peduncle length (in T.L.) 9.3 % - 13.8% - 12.1% Caudal peduncle depth (in T.L.) - - 5.00 % - 3.7% Height of anal fin lobe (in T.L.) - 7.6 % 8.80 % - 7.3% Head length (in T.L.) 24.5 % 24.37 % 23.8 % 21.3 % 24.2% Pre Orbital length (in T.L.) 47.41 % 48.8 % 31.6 % 26.8 % 31.0% Post Orbital length (in T.L.) - - 60.5 % - 60.5% Eye diameter (in T.L.) 20.9 % 26.2 % 23.7 % 24.4 % 23.4% Inter Orbital length (in T.L.) 41.8 % - 22.1 % - 21.8% 1st dorsal fin rays VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII 2nd dorsal fin rays I, 28 I+28-33 I + 24 I+28-33 I+29 Pectoral fin rays I, 19 I-19 I + 24 I+19 I+19 Pelvic fin rays I, 5 I-5 I + 5 I+5 I+5 Anal fin rays II,I+20 II,I+17-20 II, I+19 II,I+17-20 II,I+19 ranean distribution of S. fasciata from the Balearic Islands to Corsini, M., Margies, P., Kondilatos, G., Economidis, P.S. (2005): Lessepsian the Levant Basin, the high frequency of records over the migration of fishes to the Aegean Sea: First record of Tylerius spinosissimus (Tetraodontidae) from the Mediterranean, and six more fish records from years and the large size range recorded suggest the estab- Rhodes. International Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 347-354. lishment of a stable population in the Mediterranean Sea, Froese, R., Pauly, D. (2018): FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. which may be related to factors such that climatic changes <www.fishbase.org>, accessed at: 2018.10.01. Jawad, L., Mtawej, A., Ibrahim, A., Hassan, M. (2015): First record of the lesser involving water body and incensement of unconsumed nu- amberjack Seriola fasciata (Teleostei: Carangidae) in Syrian coasts. Cahiers de trients resulted by overfishing (Turan et al. 2016). Therefore, Biologie Marine 56(1): 81-84. climate change and overfishing enlargement are two major Kapiris, K., Apostolidis, C., Baldacconi, R., Başusta, N., Bilecenoglu, M., Bitar, G., Bobori, D.C., Boyaci, Y.Ö., Dimitriadis, C., Djurović, M., Dulčić, J., threats to biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea (Turan et al. Durucan, F., Gerovasileiou, V., Gökoğlu, M., Koutsoubas, D., Lefkaditou, E., 2018). Certainly, there are other additional factors such as Lipej, L., Marković, O., Mavrič, B., Özvarol, Y., Pesic, V., Petriki, O., Siapatis, destruction of habitats and the introduction of harmful pol- A., Sini, M., Tibullo, D., Tiralongo, F. (2014): New Mediterranean marine biodiversity records. Mediterranean Marine Science 15(1): 198-212. lutants. Massutí, E., Stefanescu, C. (1993): First record of Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean. Journal of Fish Biology 42(1): 143-144. Riera, F, Grau, A.M., Pastor E., Pou, S. 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