Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 39(1): 51-53, doi: 10.3750/AIP2009.39.1.10
First record of pignosed arrowtooth eel, Dysomma brevirostre (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the Aegean Sea
expand article infoI. Aydin, S.C. Akçinar, O. Soykan

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Citation: Aydin I, Akçinar S, Soykan O (2009) First record of pignosed arrowtooth eel, Dysomma brevirostre (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the Aegean Sea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 39(1): 51-53. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2009.39.1.10
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Abstract
In 2008, a specimen of a pignosed arrowtooth eel, Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 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.
Keywords
Synaphobranchidae, pignosed arrowtooth eel, Dysomma brevirostre, Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean Sea, Turkey, first record