Confirmed Occurence of the Longjaw Snake Eel, Ophisurus serpens (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae) in Edremit Bay (Northern Aegean Sea), Turkey

15 Ocak 2014 tarihinde Edremit Körfezi, Küçükkuyu açıklarında 40 m. derinlikten dikenli yılan balığı, Ophisurus serpens' in olgun bir dişi bireyi uzatma ağıyla yakalanmıştır. Tür daha önce Ege Denizi'nin güneyi ve Doğu Akdeniz'den rapor edilmiştir. Türkiye'nin Kuzey Ege Suları için nadir olan bu türün başlıca morfometrik ve meristic karakterleri verilmiştir

Türkiye'nin Kuzey Ege Denizi, Edremit Körfezi'nde Dikenli Yılan Balığı, Ophisurus Serpens'in Onaylanan Bulunuşu

On 15 January 2014, one mature female specimen of the longjaw snake eel, Ophisurus serpens was caught by long-line, from a depth of 40 m off Küçükkuyu (Edremit Bay). The species is a previously reported from the southern Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The main morphometric and meristic characters of this species which is rare in northern Aegean waters of Turkey are given

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