Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 40(1): 75-78, doi: 10.3750/AIP2010.40.1.11
The occurrence of the Cadenat’s rockfish, Scorpaena loppei (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), in the eastern Aegean Sea
expand article infoH. Filiz, S. Yapici, S.C. Akcinar, E. Uluturk, H.Z. Dardere, M. Erdem
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Abstract
One specimen of the Cadenat’s rockfish,Scorpaena loppeiCadenat, 1943 (Scorpeanidae), was caught off Marmaris (eastern Aegean Sea, Turkey) on 27 December 2008 by bottom trawl net. The specimen was 56.15 mm total length. S. loppei is evidently rare in the Aegean Sea than it is in the western Mediterranean.
Keywords
Scorpaena loppei, occurrence, eastern Aegean Sea, Turkey