Weight-length relationships for 20 Lessepsian fish species caught by bottom trawl on the coast of Iskenderun Bay (NE Mediterranean Sea, Turkey)

The swimming crab, Charybdis (Goniohellenus) longicollis Leene, 1938, is a Lessepsian migrant into the Mediterranean and little is known about its biology in Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey. The size of crabs, sex-ratio and spawning period of this species was defined from 951 specimens in order to understand their reproduction and development in the NE Mediterranean Sea. The crabs were found to occur throughout the year. Carapace width (CW) ranged between 7.22 to 100.60 mm and total weight ranged from 1.34 to 164.09 g. Male-female sex ratio was 0.6:1. Highest gonado-somatic index (GSI) was seen in March and September for females and in May for males. Ovigerous females were present throughout the year, with peak spawning activity in July and September. The CW of the ovigerous female crabs ranged between 23.71 and 95.93 mm. In winter months, GSI of males and females decreased. However, spawning season of C. (G.) longicolis in Yumurtalık Cove was observed throughout the year.

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Heavy metals in three commercially valuable fish species from İskenderun Bay, Northern East Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

Food Chemistry ◽

10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.08.008 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 91 (1) ◽

pp. 167-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 143

Author(s):

Aysun Türkmen ◽

Mustafa Türkmen ◽

Yalçın Tepe ◽

İhsan Akyurt

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Fish Species ◽

East Mediterranean ◽

Iskenderun Bay

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Differential population structuring of two closely related fish species, the mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and the chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), in the Mediterranean Sea

Molecular Ecology ◽

10.1111/j.1365-294x.2004.02198.x ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 1785-1798 ◽

Cited By ~ 111

Author(s):

R. ZARDOYA ◽

R. CASTILHO ◽

C. GRANDE ◽

L. FAVRE-KREY ◽

S. CAETANO ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Fish Species ◽

Scomber Japonicus ◽

Chub Mackerel ◽

Scomber Scombrus ◽

Population Structuring ◽

The Mediterranean

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On a saddled snake eel Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae) trawled in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400002988 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 80 (5) ◽

pp. 951-952 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sergio Ragonese ◽

Giovan Battista Giusto

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Bottom Trawl ◽

Northern Coast ◽

Rare Finding ◽

Strait Of Sicily ◽

Total Length ◽

The Mediterranean

The occurrence in the Strait of Sicily of the saddled snake eel, Pisodonophis semicinctus (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae), a rare finding for the Mediterranean Sea, is confirmed on the basis of one specimen caught off the northern coast of Tunisia in 1991. The specimen, 800 mm in total length and 457 g in body weight (preserved condition), was captured during a commercial bottom trawl hauled at 30 m next to Cape Bon (north of Tunisia). This represents the second and fourth documented record of this Atlantic intruder within the Strait of Sicily and the Mediterranean Sea, respectively.

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