The First Occurrence of Xanthochromic Fish, Diplodus sargus (Family: Sparidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean

Natural and Engineering Sciences

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Deniz Ergüden¹  Mevlüt Gürlek¹  Ferhat Kabaklı¹  Cemal Turan¹ 

[1] Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Iskenderun Technical University

关键词: White seabream;    Xanthochromism;    Mediterranean Sea;    Iskenderun Bay;    Turkey;   

DOI  :  10.28978/nesciences.1098658

学科分类：数学（综合）

来源: Natural and Engineering Sciences

【 摘 要 】

A single specimen white seabream, Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758), was recorded on 11 November 2019 from the coast of Konacık (Arsuz) in the Iskenderun Bay (North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey). This specimen was identified as a specimen of Diplodus sargus. Known as Xanthochromism, abnormal skin coloration is an unusually yellow pigmentation in fishes. It is often associated with the lack of usual red pigmentation and its replacement with yellow. The present paper reported the first occurrence of the xanthochromic specimen of Diplodus sargus from Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

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