Tez özetleri Astronomi ve Uzay Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı

A Study On The Lessepsıan Fıshes In İskenderun Bay

A total of 125 fish species belonging to 68 families were obtained by trawl, beach seine and cast net from 30 stations at the İskenderun Bay between the years of 2004-2005 and from fish market in Hatay between the years of 2002-2005. Upon analysis of these specimens, 24 lessepsian fish species [Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849, Etrumeus teres (DeKay, 1842), Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848), Liza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836), Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847), Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775), Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775), Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838, Apogon pharaonis Bellotti, 1874, Apogon queketti Gilchrist, 1903, Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775), Leiognathus klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898), Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855), Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989, Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837, Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes,1837), Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829), Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775, Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884, Scomberemorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800), Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931), Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940, Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845), Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953] belonging to 19 families were found, and their diagnostic characteristics, the place and depth where they were caught are given. The majority of lessepsian fishes in terms of quantity caught from İskenderun Bay is composed of 11 economically important species, 8 economically unimportant species and 5 species with few individuals.

KAPUCU Ayşegül ,

Danışman : Yard. Doç. Dr. Kadriye AKGÜN-DAR

Anabilim Dalı : Biyoloji

Programı : Zooloji

Mezuniyet Yılı : 2006

Tez Savunma Jürisi :Yard. Doç. Dr. Kadriye AKGÜN-DAR (Danışman)

Prof. Dr. Şehnaz BOLKENT

Prof. Dr. Cihan DEMİRCİ

Prof. Dr. Hüsniye DOĞRUMAN

Prof. Dr. Meral ÜNAL