Records of three uncommon fishes from Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey)

New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea 2020

“…Known prevalently from the Central Mediterranean, around Sicily, its occurrence has been ascertained for Tunisia in 2004 (Collette &Heessen, 2015 andreferences therein) and recently for Libya (Elbaraas et al, 2019). Considered very rare in the Levant, the Mediterranean spearfish is reported south of Crete and occasionally in South Aegean waters, while it occurs in regions of the North-eastern Aegean Sea, such as the Müsellim Strait and Izmir Bay (Akyol et al, 2005(Akyol et al, , 2013Ceyhan & Akyol, 2014). However, very few records are available for this species in global biogeographic information systems (GBIF, 2020).…”

Movement and thermal niche of the first satellite‐tagged Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone)

“…The Mediterranean spearfish is a small-bodied billfish with limited information on its biology, ecology, and behavior (Boyce, Tittensor, & Worm, 2008;Braun et al, 2015;Robins & de Sylva, 1963). The species is distributed almost exclusively within the Mediterranean Sea, ranging from Israel, Lebanon, and the Aegean Sea in the east to the Strait of Gibraltar in the west (Akyol, Aydin, Gülşahin, & Kara, 2013;Di Natale, Mangano, Celona, Navarra, & Valastro, 2005;Nakamura, 1985). It is most commonly found in Italian waters, particularly near the Strait of Messina where it is known to reproduce (Cavaliere, 1962;Spartà, 1953Spartà, , 1961 and is a target in the country's traditional harpoon fishery (Romeo, Battaglia, Raicevich, Perzia, & Andaloro, 2015).…”

İzmir Körfezi’nden (Kuzey Ege Denizi) Akdeniz Kılıcı’nın, Tetrapturus belone Rafinesque, 1810 (Istiophoridae) İlave Kaydı

“…Interestingly, in 2011, a specimen with 158 cm LJFL had been caught in the shallow waters of Izmir Bay by a trammel net in the same area and depth where the current specimen was caught. (Akyol, Aydın, Gülşahin & Kara, 2013). In addition, on March 30 th , 2012, a specimen of Mediterranean spearfish (19 kg) was caught together with Remora osteochir (marlin sucker) off Fethiye (Southwest Turkey) by longline (Akyol, Ceyhan & Capapé, 2020).…”

“…Recently, the Mediterranean spearfish with 125 cm total length was reported from the local fish market of Rhodes town on 13 February 2020, and it was captured in Lardos Bay, east coast of Rhodes at a depth of 40 m (Corsini-Foka, Insacco & Zava, 2020). It is also found in the regions of the North-eastern Aegean Sea, such as the Müsellim Strait and Izmir Bay (Akyol et al, 2005(Akyol et al, , 2013. The Mediterranean spearfish has been declared as "Least Concern (LC)" species by IUCN, but little is known about its biology and ecology (Collette & Heessen, 2015).…”