First record of an invasive Lessepsian migrant, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), in the Sea of Marmara

Irmak, Erhan

doi:10.3750/aip2015.45.4.14

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“…Lagocephalus sceleratus, which commonly occur between seafloor depths of 18 and 100 m in the Indo-Pacific (Smith & Heemstra, 1986), colonized and became established rapidly in the coastal area of the Nile Delta (Halim & Rizkalla, 2011). From there it spread towards the Algerian coast, where it was found at a depth of bottom of 50-60 m (Kara et al, 2015), and towards the easternmost coast of Turkey up to the Dardanelles Strait in the Sea of Marmara (Irmak & Altinağaç, 2015;Artüz & Kubanç, 2015). The deepest location reported for L. sceleratus is a depth of 150 m in the Gulf of Antalya (Özbek et al, 2017).…”

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“…Early studies on pufferfish focused mainly on initial reports on their first records (Bilecenoglu et al, 2006;Tuncer et al, 2008;Koç et al, 2011;Turan & Yağlıoğlu, 2011;Irmak & Altinağaç, 2015;Akyol & Aydın, 2016Çelik et al, 2018), length-weight relationships (Başusta et al, 2013a,b;Bilge et al, 2017), population growth (Aydın, 2011;Farrag et al, 2015), and biological parameters (Boustany et al, 2015) of a single species when studying the spatio-temporal distribution of the pufferfish (Kalogirou, 2013;Farrag et al, 2015;El-Haweet et al, 2016;Özbek et al, 2017). Kalogirou et al (2010Kalogirou et al ( , 2012 studied relationships between Posidonia spp.…”

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Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea

2020

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Pufferfish represent a serious threat to the marine ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. To better understand the population dynamics of pufferfish and their relation with ecological parameters, six pufferfish species were studied in two fishing and one non-fishing zone in one of the most oligotrophic regions of the Mediterranean Sea during 2014 and 2015, including different habitats of vegetated and non-vegetated and seasons. The results provide information on pufferfish ecological status compared with more eutrophic zones in which these species could potentially worsen their impact. Four species were common in the study area and two were rare. The dominant species was Lagocephalus suezensis, reaching abundances of 11,000 ind/km2 at 25 m in October, followed by Lagocephalus sceleratus, Lagocephalus guentheri, and Torquigener flavimaculosus. The rarest species, Tylerius spinosissimus and Sphoeroides pachygaster, reached higher abundance and biomass in October and February than the other sampling months. The riverine and meadow habitats played a crucial role for nursing and reproduction in the population dynamics of Lagocephalus species, while T. flavimaculosus was absent in these areas. Sex ratios changed depending on season and location. The occurrence of larger individuals of Lagocephalus spp. and T. flavimaculosus at greater depths evidenced an ontogenetic migration. Overall, length-weight (L-W) relationships indicate isometric growth for each of the species studied. Pufferfish populations were primarily a function of habitat and depth of seafloor and secondarily with water productivity.

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Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea

2020

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“…The silver-cheeked toadfish, L. sceleratus, was reported for the first time from the Aegean Sea, Gökova Bay, in February 2003 (Filiz and Er, 2004). Later, the species of Pufferfish was also recorded in the Çanakkale Strait (Sea of Marmara) between 2007 and 2008 (Tuncer et al, 2008;Irmak and Altinagac, 2015).…”

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The invasive silver-cheeked toadfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) appeared in the Sea of Marmara after more than a decade: A call for awareness

Bal

Khan

2022

EgeJFAS

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This study presents a new locality record of poisonous pufferfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), one of the 18 worst invader fish species identified globally by IUCN, from the Sea of Marmara caught by a commercial purse seine fishing vessel while fishing anchovy on 22 February 2021. Previously, this invasive species was first recorded at the Gelibolu peninsula in the Sea of Marmara between September 2007 and October 2008. Lagocephalus sceleratus recorded in this study is larger in size with 142 mm total length than previous records (126 mm in 2007; 95 mm in 2008) for the Sea of Marmara. The presently reported record represents the first documented occurrence of this species in the Erdek Bay of the Sea of Marmara and the third documented record for the entire Sea of Marmara.

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“…The species was first recorded in 2003 in Gokova Bay of Turkey (Akyol et al 2005). Soon afterwards, the species established abundant populations along the coasts of nearly, if not all, the Mediterranean countries (Akyol et al 2005;Golani and Levy 2005;Golani and Azzurro 2007;Kasapidis et al 2007;Rilov and Galil 2009;Türker-Çakır et al 2009;EastMed 2010;Kalogirou et al 2010;Halim and Rizkalla 2011;Torcu-Koç et al 2011;Yaglioglu et al 2011;Jribi and Bradai 2012;Milazzo et al 2012;Nader et al 2012;Başusta et al 2013;Beköz et al 2013;Kalogirou 2013;Azzurro et al 2014;Ben Souissi et al 2014;Dulčić et al 2014;Sulić-Šprem et al 2014;Tiralongo and Tibullo 2014;Tunçer and Önal 2014;Deidun et al 2015;Irmak and Altınağaç 2015;Kara et al 2015;El-Haweet et al 2016;Akyol and Ünal 2017;Carbonara et al 2017;Ünal and Göncüoğlu-Bodur 2017).…”

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On the occurrence and health risks of the Silver-cheeked Toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus Gmelin, 1789) in the marine ecosystem of the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Rabou

Fattah²

2019

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Abd Rabou AFN. 2019. On the occurrence and health risks of the Silver-cheeked Toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus Gmelin, 1789) in the marine ecosystem of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Biodiversitas 20: 2620-2627. The Silver-cheeked Toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus Gmelin, 1789) is one of the most recent invaders into the Mediterranean Sea. It represents a serious ecological risk to Mediterranean biodiversity and fisheries resources and a health risk to public health. The current study comes to handle the occurrence and health risks of the species in the Eastern Mediterranean of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Frequent visits to local fish markets, meetings, and discussions with stakeholders, and chasing of local media reports were the main tools involved to satisfy the goals of the study, which extended from 2010 to 2019. The first record of the Silver-cheeked Toadfish in the Mediterranean coast of the Gaza Strip was in 2006 as claimed by fisheries parties. The by-catch of the species by fishing gear extended over the entire length of the Mediterranean coast of the Gaza Strip (42 km). The species was said to damage fishing nets, lines and hooks by its strong teeth. Prior to its banning in early 2010s, all pufferfishes including the species in question were sold freely in Gaza fish markets. Several cases of hospitalization have been reported in the Gaza Strip after consumption of the Silver-cheeked Toadfish. The symptoms of TTX intoxication included nausea and vomiting, dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, perioral paraesthesia, and tingling over the entire body. No death cases were reported locally. Many awareness campaigns have been conducted by fisheries parties to warn both fishermen and local people from the ecological and health risks associated with the Silver-cheeked Toadfish and TTX intoxication. Finally, the threats imposed by the Silver-cheeked Toadfish on the Eastern Mediterranean countries including Palestine indicate that potential solutions to the problem should be explored.

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First record of an invasive Lessepsian migrant, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), in the Sea of Marmara

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea

The invasive silver-cheeked toadfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) appeared in the Sea of Marmara after more than a decade: A call for awareness

On the occurrence and health risks of the Silver-cheeked Toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus Gmelin, 1789) in the marine ecosystem of the Gaza Strip, Palestine

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