First record of Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 (Tetragonuridae) from the Eastern Mediterranean
Deniz AYAS Fishing and Seafood Processing Technology Department, Fisheries Faculty, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Deniz ERGÜDEN Marine Sciences Department, Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Nuray ÇİFTÇİ Fishing and Seafood Processing Technology Department, Fisheries Faculty, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Abstract
A single specimen of the smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810, (39.2 cm in total length) was caught with a commercial trammel net at a depth of 550 m in January 2022 from Mersin Bay (NE Mediterranean, Turkey). This is the first record of T. cuvieri in the Northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey. Morphological measurements of the specimen were made and recorded with the catalog number (MEUFC-22-11-134) in the Museum of Marine Life, Mersin University.
