ON THE OCCURRENCE OF SERIOLA FASCIATA (CARANGIDAE) IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

This paper reports on a record of Seriola fasciata suggesting the extension of the species’ distribution in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. On 8 September 2021, a single specimen of S. fasciata was caught by trammel net at a depth of 30-40 m off Yılancık Island, Marmaris, in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. This thermophilic fish is still very rare (about 24 specimens reported up to now) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The present is the second S. fasciata record for the Turkish Aegean Sea and the four th for all Turkish seas. © 2021, Historical Society of Southern Primorska of Koper. All rights reserved.