ŞULE GÜRKAN, SENCER AKALIN, Ertan TAŞKAVAK, Okan Ozaydin

İzmir Körfezi'nde dağılım gösteren denizatı türlerinin (Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) ve Hippocampus guttulatus cuvier, 1829) biyometrik özelliklerinin araştırılması

Bu çalışma, İzmir Körfezi’nde dağılım gösteren Syngnathidae familyasına ait denizatı türlerini ve bu türlerin biyometrik özelliklerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Şubat 2000 tarihinde bölgede avlanan balıkçılardan 29 adet Hippocampus hippocampus, ve 200 adet Hippocampus guttulatus örneği temin edilmiştir. Elde edilen örneklerin metrik ve meristik özellikleri ve boy-ağırlık ilişkileri ile boy ve ağırlık frekans değerleri verilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

vücut ölçümleri, Hippocampus (genus), Türkiye, biyometri

The investigation of biometric characteristics of seahorse species (Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829) in İzmir Bay

The investigation of biometric characteristics of seahorse species [Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829] in Izmir Bay. In this study, the biometric features of the seahorse species belong to family Syngnathidae was investigated in İzmir Bay. Two seahorse species, Hippocampus hippocampus (29) Hippocampus guttulatus (200) were obtained from the commercial fishermen on February 2000. The length-weigth relationships, metric and meristic characteristics and length-weigth frequency were given for two species.

Keywords:

body measurements, Hippocampus (genus), Turkey, biometry,

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