New records of <I>Bregmaceros atlanticus</I> (Bregmacerotidae), <I>Echiodon dentatus</I> (Carapidae), and <I>Nemichthys scolopaceus</I> (Nemichthyidae) from the Aegean Sea

Abstract

Three fish species, Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode et Bean, 1886 (Bregmacerotidae), Echiodon dentatus (Cuvier, 1829) (Carapidae), and Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 (Nemichthyidae) were recorded in the Sığacık and Kuşadası Bays (Eastern Aegean Sea, Turkey). B. atlanticus and E. dentatus constitute new records for the Turkish waters and the Aegean Sea, respectively. The finding of Nemichthys scolopaceus is the second record for the Aegean Sea.

New records of snipe eels (Anguilliformes: Nemichthyidae) from the Pacific coast of lower Central America

“…Larger specimens dark brown-grey with light grey belly; smaller specimens brownish-grey with light beige belly. The data from the specimens herein described are in agreement with the size, body proportions and counts reported by other authors (Garman 1899;Nielsen & Smith 1978;Jordan & Gilbert 1881;Genovese 1954;Bilecenoglu et al 2006;Filiz et al 2007) who systematically described this species.…”

“…Measurements were made using calipers to the nearest tenth millimeter (mm) or measuring tape to the nearest mm. Comparative information was obtained from the literature (Nielsen & Smith 1978;Smith & Nielsen 1989;Jordan & Gilbert 1881;Genovese 1954;Bilecenoglu et al 2006;Filiz et al 2007). Maps were made using QUANTUM GIS 2.0.…”

Occurrence of the Smallscale Codlet, Bregmaceros nectabanus in the Mediterranean Sea, previously misidentified as B. atlanticus in this region

“…About 2 years later, Goren & Galil (2006) reported four specimens of B. atlanticus from a trawl catch from a depth of about 35 m off the coast of Israel. The records of Filiz et al (2007) extended the range of B. atlanticus in the Mediterranean to the eastern Aegean Sea, and later to the northern region of that sea (Aydin & Akyol, 2013). Turan et al (2011) reported the species from a depth of 120 m in Iskenderun Bay at the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean.…”

New record of the antenna codlet, Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode and Bean, 1886 (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae), from the northern Aegean Sea (Izmir Bay, Turkey)

“…Filiz et al. () also found one specimen (37 mm SL) in the stomach of a horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus , caught in 2005 in Kuşadası Bay, southern Aegean Sea. Finally, five specimens of B. atl a nticus were caught in 2010 by purse‐seine at a depth of 120 m in the Bay of Iskenderun, north‐eastern Mediterranean (Turan et al., ).…”