FIRST RECORD OF PIGNOSED ARROWTOOTH EEL, DYSOMMA BREVIROSTRE (ACTINOPTERYGII: ANGUILLIFORMES: SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE), FROM THE AEGEAN SEA

WOS: 000267810500010In 2008, a specimen of a pignosed arrowtooth eel, Dysomma brevirostre (Facciola, 1887), was caught by a bottom trawling operation at Sigacik Bay (Aegean Sea), Turkey. Total length (TL) and weight of the fish were 23.2 cm and 2.00 g, respectively. This study reports the first record of D. brevirostre from the Aegean Sea and logs a new species for the Turkish Ichthyofauna

Length-Weight Relationship of Fish from Shallow Waters of Candarli Bay (North Aegean Sea, Turkey)

WOS: 000278433800021Length- weight relationships were calculated for 22 fish species caught from Candarli Bay in the north Aegean Sea, Turkey. Between December 2006 and January 2008 beach seine net was use to capture Specimens and sampling was made in vegetated and sandy bottoms at the depths up to 1.5 m. A total of 2605 fish specimens were weighed and measured. The sample size ranged from 4 for Symphodus cinereus, Symphodus doderleini to 1558 for Atherina boyeri. The values of exponent b in the length-weight regressions (W=aL(b)) varied between 1.93 (Belone belone) and 3.475 (Symphodus ocellatus). Linear regressions of length-weight relationships were significant for all species. The length-weight relationships given here for Symphodus doderleini, Symphodus cinereus, Symphodus ocellatus and Pomatoschictus minutus were the first time for the north Aegean Sea.Ege UniversityEge University [2006 SUF 017]The material used in this study was gathered in the frame of the "Determination of the Fishes Species in The Coasts of Akmermer Bay (Yenisakran) and Haciahmetaga Bay (Caltidere)" project (Project No: 2006 SUF 017), financially funded by Ege University. We are grateful to the project staff