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First and Most Northern Record of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) from the Sea of Marmara

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The Redcoat squirrelfish Sargocentron rubrum is reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. The record is based on one female and two male specimens caught off the north-western coast of the Sea of Marmara. Morphometric and meristic data of the landed specimens are submitted. Possible reasons for its occurrence in the Sea of Marmara are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the local professional fishermen of Şarköy and Hoşköy area for supplying the fish specimens. We gratefully acknowledge the support by the Sevinç – Erdal İnönü Foundation to MAREM (Marmara Environmental Monitoring) Project.

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  1. Sevinç-Erdal İnönü Foundation, MAREM (Marmara Environmental Monitoring) Project, Department of Marine Sciences, Anadoluhisarı Toplarönü No: 8, 34810, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Levent Artüz

  2. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior and the National Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Daniel Golani

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Levent Artüz, M., Golani, D. First and Most Northern Record of Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) from the Sea of Marmara. Thalassas 34, 377–381 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0075-0

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