Two alien fish in the Gulf of Antalya: Apogon queketti Gilchrist, 1903 (Apogonidae) and Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) (Champsodontidae)

• Published in: Zoology in the Middle East Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 138 - 140
• Main Authors: Goekoglu, M, Uenluesain, M, Balci, BA, Oezvarol, Y, Colak, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Apogon queketti; Apogonidae; Champsodon; Champsodontidae; Marine; ISW, Red Sea; MED, Egypt, Arab Rep., Suez Canal; MED, Turkey; MED; MED, Eastern Mediterranean
• ISSN: 0939-7140; 2326-2680
• DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2011.10648888

Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, a number of marine animals has migrated from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal northward into the Mediterranean Sea (Lessepsian migration) and also from the Mediterranean southwards into the Red Sea (Anti-Lessepsian migrations) (POR 1971). The species richness of the Mediterranean Sea is thus gradually increasing due to this continuous migration. We have recorded two fish species as Lessepsian migrants in the Gulf of Antalya, eastern Mediterranean, from where they had not been known previously. The collected fishes were placed in 4% formaldehyde, and were then deposited in the Museum of Akdeniz University, Fisheries Faculty, Antalya, Turkey.