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A single specimen of the whiskered sole Monochirus hispidus (Rafinesque, 1814) was caught at a depth of 24 m from Tasucu, Mersin Bay (North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey) in the winter season on February 2019. The present paper reports the first occurrence and is the confirmation of the whiskered sole M. hispidus from Mersin Bay, Turkey (North-eastern Mediterranean Sea). Since it was recorded only once in the last twenty-six years this species could be considered as exceptionally rare in the easternmost area of the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey.
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Erguden, D., Gurlek, M., Turan, C. et al. The rare occurrence of the whiskered sole Monochirus hispidus (rafinesque, 1814) from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey. Thalassas 39, 139–143 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00464-y
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