SavedAdd your journal

Journals / Natural and Engineering Sciences / 2022 / Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 3

Food Composition and Dietary Overlap of the Lionfish Species in Iskenderun Bay

Burçin DEMİRCİ
Sefa Ayhan DEMİRHAN
Pages
228–239
Publication Date
2022-12-25
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

Conspicuously, juvenile lionfish and body parts of juvenile lionfishes (dorsal fin and spines) were found in 4 specimens stomachs of P. miles.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:The food composition and dietary overlap of the Pterois volitans and P. miles were studied in the İskenderun Bay.
📊
Key Findings & Data:The study has shown that the Niche overlap-Pianka's index of these species was 83,2%.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:Conspicuously, juvenile lionfish and body parts of juvenile lionfishes (dorsal fin and spines) were found in 4 specimens stomachs of P. miles.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:4 specimens
⚙️Variables:Pterois miles · Pterois volitans · lionfish

Abstract

The food composition and dietary overlap of the Pterois volitans and P. miles were studied in the İskenderun Bay. The main prey groups found in the stomachs of the P. volitans and P. miles were fishes and crustaceans. The study has shown that the Niche overlap-Pianka's index of these species was 83,2%. Most of the stomach contents for both species were not identified. Fish and shirimps were found in the stomachs contents of both species freqently. However reef parts, moss residuals, molluscs shell parts and crab parts were found in the stomachs content for both species rarely. Chlorophthalmus agassizi, Uranoscopus scaber, Helicolenus dactylopterus, Serranidae, Sparidae and Scorpaenidae members have been identified as stomach contents of P. volitans. Similarly C. agassizi was identified in the stomach contents of P. miles. Conspicuously, juvenile lionfish and body parts of juvenile lionfishes (dorsal fin and spines) were found in 4 specimens stomachs of P. miles.

🔖

Cite This Article

DEMİRCİ, B., DEMİRHAN, S. A. (2022). Food Composition and Dietary Overlap of the Lionfish Species in Iskenderun Bay. Natural and Engineering Sciences, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 3, 228–239. https://ajindex.com/articles/870107

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (10)

  1. Albins, M. A. & Hixon, M. A., (2008). Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 367, 233-238. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07620.
  2. Dailianis, T., Akyol, O., Babali, N., Bariche, M., Crocetta, F., Gerovasileiou, V., Chanem, R., Gökoğlu, M., Hasiotis, T., İzquierdo-Muñoz, A., Julian, D., Katsanevakis, S., Lipez, L., Mancini, E., Mytilineou, C., Ounifi Ben Amor, K., Özgül, A., Ragkousis, M., Rubio-Portillo, E., Servello, G., Sini, K., Stamouli, C., Sterioti, A., Teker, S., Tiralongo, F. and Trkov, D., (2016) New Mediterranean biodiversity records (July 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(2): 608- 626. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1734.
  3. Doğdu, S. A., Uyan, A., Uygur, N., Gürlek, M., Ergüden, D., & Turan, C. (2016). First record of the Indo-Pacific striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from Turkish marine waters. Natural and Engineering Sciences, 1(2), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.286245.
  4. Doğdu, S. A., Sakallı, U., Gürlek, M., & Turan, C. (2019). The first record of the Lesser amberjack Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) in the Çevlik coast of Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biharean Biologist, 13(1), 55-57.
  5. Ergüden, D., Ayas, D., Gürlek, M., Karan, S., & Turan, C. (2019). First documented smoothback angelshark Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 from the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 60, 189-194. https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.23607FF9.
  6. Ferreira, C. E., Luiz, O. J., Floeter, S. R., Lucena, M. B., Barbosa, M. C., Rocha, C. R., & Rocha, L. A. (2015). First record of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) for the Brazilian coast. PloS One, 10(4), e0123002. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123002.
  7. Fogg, A. Q., Evans, J. T., Peterson, M. S., Brown-Peterson, N., Hoffmayer, E. R., & Ingram Jr, G. W. (2019). Comparison of age and growth parameters of invasive red lionfish (Pterois volitans) across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Fishery Bulletin, 117(3), 1. https://doi.org/10.1371/10.7755/FB.117.3.1.
  8. Gobert, S., Fullgrabe, L., Lejeune, P. and Marengo, M., (2020). Climate Change and Fisheries: The Case Study of Corsica, an Ideal Reference Station in the Mediterranean Sea. 2. 1-2.Golani, D. and Sonin, O., (1992)
  9. New records of the Red Sea fishes, Pterois miles (Scorpaenidae) and Pteragogus pelycus (Labridae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39(2): 167-169.
  10. Golani, D., & Sonin, O.