First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea

Background. Two species previously unrecorded from the Aegean Sea, Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 and Benthocometes robustus (Goode et Bean, 1886), were captured during a bottom trawl off the Marmaris coasts (Turkey). These new records represent respectively the easternmost occurrence of N....

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Main Authors: M. Bilecenoglu, M. Kaya, E. Irmak
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Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2006-06-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
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Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/25951/download/pdf/
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description Background. Two species previously unrecorded from the Aegean Sea, Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 and Benthocometes robustus (Goode et Bean, 1886), were captured during a bottom trawl off the Marmaris coasts (Turkey). These new records represent respectively the easternmost occurrence of N. scolopaceus and the second record of B. robustus from the eastern Mediterranean Basin.
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spelling doaj.art-eba1a3eb67e8491687986a3c496c07712022-12-22T00:29:12ZengPensoft PublishersActa Ichthyologica et Piscatoria1734-15152006-06-01361858810.3750/AIP2006.36.1.1325951First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean SeaM. BilecenogluM. KayaE. IrmakBackground. Two species previously unrecorded from the Aegean Sea, Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 and Benthocometes robustus (Goode et Bean, 1886), were captured during a bottom trawl off the Marmaris coasts (Turkey). These new records represent respectively the easternmost occurrence of N. scolopaceus and the second record of B. robustus from the eastern Mediterranean Basin.https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/25951/download/pdf/fishzoogeographyNemichthys scolopaceusNemich
spellingShingle M. Bilecenoglu
M. Kaya
E. Irmak
First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
fish
zoogeography
Nemichthys scolopaceus
Nemich
title First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea
title_full First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea
title_fullStr First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea
title_full_unstemmed First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea
title_short First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea
title_sort first records of the slender snipe eel nemichthys scolopaceus nemichthyidae and the robust cusk eel benthocometes robustus ophidiidae from the aegean sea
topic fish
zoogeography
Nemichthys scolopaceus
Nemich
url https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/25951/download/pdf/
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