The current status of marine fishes distributed along the Turkish coasts is reviewed and an
updated checklist including 512 species is presented. In this study, 5 species are recorded …

Modification of the Mediterranean ecosystem by non-indigenous species has become much
more evident in the last decades. The picture drawn by a growing number of specific …

Based on recent biodiversity studies carried out in different parts of the Mediterranean, the
following 19 species are included as new records on the floral or faunal lists of the relevant …

Background. The'Lessepsian migration'is a unidirectional phenomenon of successful biotic
colonisation from the Red Sea into the eastern Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. In …

A checklist of non-indigenous marine fishes including bony, cartilaginous and jawless
distributed along the Turkish Marine Waters was for the first time generated in the present …

According to original and published data for the period from 1998 to 2013, the findings of 25
alien marine species of fish in the Black Sea were reliably established, 16 of which were …

Pufferfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus, L. suezensis and L. spadiceus, are widely distributed
Lessepsian species along the Turkish and other eastern Mediterranean coasts. L. sceleratus …

The objective of the present study was to update and consolidate the marine fish (bony and
elasmobranch) checklist of Turkey based on supporting evidence. The species that came …

The inherent low species biodiversity of the Black Sea (roughly one-third of the Eastern
Mediterranean Sea) is a sign of ineffective bio-invasion process of Mediterranean species …

Pufferfish represent a serious threat to the marine ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea. To
better understand the population dynamics of pufferfish and their relation with ecological …