New records and uncommon occurrences of deep-water fishes in the Turkish Mediterranean Sea (Osteichthyes)

Abstract

In monthly surveys carried out between September 2009 and July 2011 in Antalya Bay, five species of fish were found which have hitherto been unknown from the Antalya Bay: Notacanthus bonaparte, Diaphus metopoclampus, Gadella maraldi, Benthocometes robustus and Evermannella balbo. For the latter species it is the first record for the Turkish Seas.

Keywords:

• Antalya Bay
• deep-water fishes
• new records

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank the captain and crew of the research vessel “Akdeniz Su” for their help. I also would like to thank PhD students Olgaç Güven and Turhan Kebapçıoğlu, and MSc students İsmet Saygu and Gökçe Özgen, for their assistance on the sea trips. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. M. Bilecenoğlu (University of Adnan Menderes) for his suggestions and critical evaluation of an early draft of the text.