Additional Record of Rare Pilot Fish, Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) with Some Biological Notes from the Northern Aegean Sea, Türkiye
Citation
Şen, Y., Daban, İ. B., & Kalemli, C. (2023). Additional Record of Rare Pilot Fish, Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) with Some Biological Notes from the Northern Aegean Sea, Türkiye. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, 6(2), 95-101. https://doi.org/10.46384/jmsf.1269077Abstract
In this study, four individuals of pilot fish Naucrates ductor which were accidentally caught by a commercial purse seiner in Edremit Bay (Aegean Sea) were investigated. The morphometric and meristic characteristics, sex, maturity stages, otoliths, age and stomach contents of the specimens were evaluated. This study contributes to the existing literature by providing additional records from specimens reported from the northernmost location reported so far as well as other biological information for the rarely observed pilotfish. Bu çalışmada Ege Denizi’nin Edremit Körfezi’nden gırgır balıkçılığı operasyonu ile tesadüfi olarak yakalanan 4 adet Malta palamudu Naucrates ductor incelenmiştir. Elde edilen bireylerin morfometrik ve meristik özellikleri, cinsiyet, olgunluk safhaları, otolit ölçümü, yaş ve mide içerikleri incelenmiştir. Nadir gözlemlenen türün en kuzeyden bireylerini değerlendirme imkânı sağlayan bu çalışma, ilave kayıtlar ve biyolojik notlar ile literatüre katkı sağlamaktadır.
