Weight–length relationships for 20 Lessepsian fish species caught by bottom trawl on the coast of Iskenderun Bay (NE Mediterranean Sea, Turkey) |
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| Authors: | By D Erguden C Turan M Gurlek |
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| Institution: | Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Weight–length relationships were estimated for 20 Lessepsian fish species of the Iskenderun Bay, namely, Apogon nigripinnis , Apogon queketti , Callionymus flamentosus , Cynoglossus sinusarabici , Dussumieria elopsoides , Etrumeus teres , Fistularia commersonii , Lagocephalus spadiceus , Lagocephalus suezensis , Leiognathus kluzingeri , Nemipterus japonicus , Oxyurichthys petersenii , Saurida undosquamis , Sillago sihama , Siganus luridus , Siganus rivulatus , Sphyraena chroysotaeina , Stephanolepis diaspros , Upeneus moluccensis and Upeneus pori . All regressions were found to be significant for all species. This study presents the first estimation of weight–length relationships for six species ( A. queketti , E. teres , F. commersonii , L. suezensis , Nemipterus randalli , and S. luridus ) inhabiting coastal areas of the northeastern Mediterranean Sea. |
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