New additions to the fish fauna of Sea of Marmara: Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830 (Sparidae) and Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974 (Gobiidae)
Murat BILECENOĞLU Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, 09010, Aydın, Türkiye
M. Baki YOKEŞ AMBRD Laboratories, Hanımefendi Sokak, No: 160/9, 34384, Şişli, İstanbul, Türkiye
Abstract
Dentex maroccanus Valenciennes, 1830 and Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974 were captured from the Marmara Archipelago in May 2022. Both species are new additions to the Sea of Marmara fish fauna. According to the available data, we assume D. maroccanus to be recently introduced to the region, while G. couchi may have been overlooked in previous studies due to its cryptogenic lifestyle.
Keywords
Dentex maroccanus, Gobius couchi, Sea of Marmara, New record.
