Do you have room for a tiny one? Range expansion of Apogonichthyoides pharaonis in the Mediterranean Sea

12/30/2023 Arda Tonay

Do you have room for a tiny one? Range expansion of Apogonichthyoides pharaonis in the Mediterranean Sea

Nildeniz Karakuş, Umut Uyan, Uğur Karakuş, Mehmet Baki Yokeş 

ORCIDs: N.K. 0000-0001-8490-6261; U.U. 0000-0002-8564-1354; U.K. 0000-0002-4154-6566; M.B.Y. 0000-0002-9440-4561

Faculty of Fisheries, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, TÜRKİYE
Faculty of Sciences & Technology, Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK
Skretting Turkey, Güllük Milas, 48670, Muğla, TÜRKİYE
AMBRD Doğa Bilimleri, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

An Indo-Pacific origin pharaoh cardinal fish, Apogonichthyoides pharaonis, is documented on the South Aegean coast of Türkiye in this study. This observation suggests its potential for range expansion.

Keywords: Erythraean alien fish, Güllük Bay, cardinal fish

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