First confirmed record of Lagocephalus sceleratus(Gmelin, 1789) in the Mediterranean Sea

  1. O. Akyol*,
  2. V. Ünal,
  3. T. Ceyhan,
  4. M. Bilecenoglu

Article first published online: 31 MAR 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00667.x

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Journal of Fish Biology

Journal of Fish Biology

Volume 66, Issue 4, pages 1183–1186, April 2005

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Akyol, O., Ünal, V., Ceyhan, T. and Bilecenoglu, M. (2005), First confirmed record of Lagocephalus sceleratus(Gmelin, 1789) in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, 66: 1183–1186. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00667.x

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  1. Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Bornova 35100, Izmir, Turkey

* Tel.: +90 232 3434000-5226; fax: +90 232 3883685; email: oakyol@bornova.ege.edu.tr

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 31 MAR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 31 MAR 2005
  3. (Received 2 April 2003, Accepted 10 December 2004)

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Keywords:

  • Lagocephalus sceleratus;
  • Lessepsian migration;
  • Mediterranean;
  • Tetraodontidae

One specimen of the Indo-Pacific silverstripe blaasop Lagocephalus sceleratus(Gmelin, 1789)(Tetraodontidae) is recorded from the Aegean coast of Turkey and is confirmed for the Mediterranean. Dispersal of the species to the Mediterranean is due to migration from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal.

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