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6. TURKEY

6.1 First record of Hirundichthys rondeletii from the Black Sea

D. Yaglioglu & C. Turan

One male specimen of the black wing flyingfish Hi-
rundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) (Exocoeti-
dae) was captured by commercial bottom trawl fishery
along Duzce coast (Akcakoca; 41.36027° N, 31.133056°
E), southwestern Black Sea on January 14 2014, at about
th
32 m of depth (Fig. 23). Macroscopic observations of go-
nad structure were used for sex identification of H. ron-
deletii (Oliveira et al., 2015). The weight of the specimen
was 52.85 g, with total length being 209.42 mm, pectoral
fin length 127.32 mm, pelvic fin length 49.89 mm, anal Fig. 23: H. rondeletii caught in Black sea.
fin length 13.73 mm, dorsal fin length 21.17 mm, head
length 34.02 mm, and eye diameter 10.39 cm. The mer- The specimen of H. rondeletii was preserved in 4% for-
istic characters of the individual were: dorsal fin rays 11; maldehyde solution, photographed and deposited in the
anal fin rays 11; pectoral fin rays 16; pelvic fin rays 6. Fish Collection of the Marine Biology Laboratory, De-
Taxonomic identification of the individual was based on partment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Duzce
taxonomic characters (size, shape, colour and positions of University (catalogue number: DUFC/2014-001). This is
the fins) provided by Parin (1999) and Turan et al. (2007). the first record of H. rondeletii from the Black Sea.

7. EGYPT

7.1 On the established population of Halimede ochtodes in Egyptian waters
E. H. Kh. Akel

The Mediterranean Sea is consid-
ered as one of the main hotspots of
marine bioinvasions on Earth. Until
December 2014, more than 1000 al-
ien marine species were introduced in
the Mediterranean (Armon & Zene-
tos, 2015). Egyptian Mediterranean
biodiversity is changing rapidly due
to climate changes and the spectacular
biotic exchanges between the Mediter-
ranean and Red Sea via the Suez Ca-
nal, and this leads to ecologic and eco-
nomic impacts (Akel & Allam, 2016).
Galil (2000) published a review
on three xanthoid species including
Halimede ochtodes (Herbst, 1983). In
this work we report on the establishment
of the brachyuran decapod H. ochtodes in Fig. 24: A - Dorsal view, B- male ventral view, C- female ventral view, D- cheliped
Egypt. Naruse et al. (2014) mentioned that external view
H. ochtodes was previously reported from
northern Australia, Pakistan, India, Thai- carapace width 3.2 cm; length of cheliped 3.6 cm; the
land (Gulf of Thailand), Singapore, China (Guangx, Hainan), three first legs are equal in length (3 cm), while the fourth
Hong Kong, The Philippines, and the Red Sea. Five speci- leg is shorter (2.4 cm).
mens of H. ochtodes (3 males and 2 females) were collected
by bottom trawl net off Port Said (31.37269 N, 32.25995 o Moussa et al. (2016) collected one specimen only in
o
th
E) on November 10 2016, at a depth of 15-20 m (Fig. 24). September 2013, while this work reports on five more
The following measurements were obtained from a specimens collected in the same area (Port Said). This
specimen collected: weight 14 g; carapace length 2.5 cm; suggests that H. ochtodes is established in the area.

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