Journals / Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment / 2008 / Cilt: 14 Sayı: 1
A new deepwater fish, Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Osteichthyes: Stomiidae), from the Turkish waters of Levant Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)
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- 33–37
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Abstract
Abstract The first record of the Viperfish Chauliodus sloani, with morphometric and meristic characteristics, in Turkish waters of Levant Sea are reported. One specimen was caught in a trawl on 26 April 2004 at a depth of ca. 400 m in (3602'- 3605' N, 3537' - 3529' E). The specimen is the first sample which is caught of this species from Levant Sea.