O POJAVLJANJU VRSTE POMADASYS INCISUS (HAEMULIDAE) V TURŠKEM EGEJSKEM MORJU (VZHODNO SREDOZEMSKO MORJE)

This paper aims to complement and update the data regarding the distribution of rare Pomadasys incisus, specifically by revealing the extension of its distribution in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. On 1 November 2020, a single specimen of P. incisus was captured by an angler on a sandy/rocky bottom at a depth of 3 m in Akyaka, Gökova Bay, in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. This thermophilic fish is still very rare in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (about 142 specimens reported to date). However, it is obvious that populations of P. incisus are gradually expanding towards the northern latitudes of the eastern as well as western Mediterranean basin. © 2021, Historical Society of Southern Primorska of Koper