First record of the snake blenny, Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845 (Actinopterygii: Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the Sea of Azov

First record of the snake blenny, Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845 (Actinopterygii: Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the Sea of Azov

Oleg A. Diripasko, Viktoriia D. Hetmanenko, Vladislav I. Kyrychenko

ORCID IDs: O.A.D. 0000-0001-9267-5504; V.D.H. 0000-0002-2167-7331; V.I.K. 0000-0002-7535-0078

Institute of Fisheries and Marine Ecology, Berdyansk, UKRAINE

Abstract

The first record of an Atlantic origin species, the Roche’s snake blenny Ophidion rochei Müller, 1845, in the Black Sea is provided from the south-east Sea of Azov. Its appearance in the Sea of Azov can be explained by the increase in water salinity of the sea in recent years.

Keywords: Black Sea, Kerch Strait, first record, distribution, marine fish

References

Berdnikov, S.V., Dashkevich, L.V., Kulygin, V.V. (2019) Climatic conditions and hydrological regime of the Sea of Azov in the XX – early XXI centuries. Aquatic Bioresourses & Environment 2(2): 7-19. (in Russian).

Diripasko, O.A., Bogutskaya, N.G., Dem’yanenko, K.V., Izergin, L.V. (2015) Sea of Azov: A brief review of the environment and fishery. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 18(2): 184-194.

Diripasko, O.A., Izergin, L.V., Dem’yanenko, K.V. (2011) Fishes of the Sea of Azov. Berdyansk, Ltd Printhouse «Inter–M» Publishing, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine. (in Russian).

Fischer, W., Bauchot, M.-L., Schneider, M. (Eds.) (1987) Fiches FAO d’identification des espèces pour les besoines de la pêche. (Révision 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Volume II. Vertébrés. FAO, Rome.

Kuropatkin, A.P., Zhukova, S.V., Shishkin, V.M., Burlachko, D.S., Karmanov, V.G., Lutynskaya, L.A., Fomenko, I.F., Podmareva, N.I. (2013) Changes in salinity of the Sea of Azov. Problems of Fisheries 4(56): 666-673. (in Russian).

Matishov, G.G., Gargopa, Y.M., Berdnikov, S.V., Dzhenuk S.L. (2006) Regularities of ecosystem processes in the Sea of Azov. Nauka Publishing, Moscow, Russia. (in Russian).

Matishov, G.G., Grigorenko, K.S., Moskovets, A.Yu. (2017) The salinization mechanisms in the Taganrog Bay under the conditions of the Don River extremely low runoff. Science in the South of Russia 13(1): 35-43. (in Russian).

Movchan, Y.V. (1988) Cobitidae, Siluridae, Ictaluridae, Anguillidae, Congridae, Belonidae, Gadidae, Gasterosteidae, Syngnathidae, Poeciliidae, Zeidae, Sphyraenidae, Mugilidae, Atherinidae, Ophidiidae. Fauna of Ukraine. Vol. 8. Fishes. Issue 3. Naukova Dumka, Kyiv. (in Russian).

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F., Robins, C.R. (1999) Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18)., FAO, Rome.

Shaganov, V.V. (2013) Taxonomic structure and Kerch Strait ichthyofauna environmental features. Fisheries of Ukraine 3: 3-8. (in Russian).

Snigirov, S., Goncharov, O., Sylantyev, S. (2012) The fish community in Zmiinyi Island waters: structure and determinants. Marine Biodiversity 42(2): 225-239.

Svetovidov, A.N. (1964) Fishes of the Black Sea. Nauka Publishing, Moscow– Leningrad, Russia. (in Russian).

Vasil’eva, E.D. (2007) Fishes of the Black Sea. Key to marine, brackish-water, euryhaline, and anadromous species with colour illustrations collected by S.V. Bogorodsky. VNIRO Publishing, Moscow, Russia. (In Russian with English summary).

Volovik, S.P., Chihachev, A.S. (1998) Anthropogenic transformations of the ichthyofauna of the Azov basin. In: The Main Problems of Fisheries and Protection of Waterbodies with Fisheries in the Azov Sea basin: Collected Articles (1996–1997), (eds., Makarov, E.V., Volovik S.P., Tytina, Y.E.). AzNIIRKH Publishing, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (in Russian).

Zhukova, S.V., Shishkin, V.M., Kuropatkin, A.P., Lutynskaya, L.A., Burlachko, D.S., Karmanov, V.G., Podmareva, N.I., Fomenko, I.F., Bezrukavaya, E.A. (2015) Regularities of formation of the salinity regime of the Sea of Azov in the modern period. In: Some Problems on Biodiversity Conservation of Aquatic Biocenoses: Proceedings of the International Conference, November, 27, 2015, Rostov-on-Don, (eds., Bugaev, L.A, Voikina, A.V.). FGBNU, AzNIIRKH Publishing, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (in Russian).