Report of Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816) (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) Parasitic on Alien Fish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) from the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea

Authors : Alper YANAR, Cemal TURAN, Servet Ahmet DOĞDU

Pages : 169-181

Doi:10.28978/nesciences.1159261

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Publication Date : 2022-08-08

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Since 2014, an invasive alien fish species, lionfish, Pterois miles insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Bennett, 1828); has been started to distribute in the Turkish Mediterranean Sea coasts and spread out to the Aegean Sea. In the present study, a Cymothoid fish parasite, Nerocila bivittata insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Risso, 1816); is reported from the pectoral fin of P. miles caught from the Gulf of Iskenderun insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Northeastern Mediterranean); and Bodrum, Turkey insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Aegean Sea Coast);. This study is the first record of N. bivittata on lionfish P. miles caught from Gulf of Iskenderun. Key diagnostic characters of N. bivittata, some morphological differences observed between the newly collected material of N. bivittata and its previous descriptions, in addition to newly observed additional characters were presented.
Keywords : Lionfish, cymothoid isopod, Gulf of Iskenderun, Aegean Sea