Colour density map showing of the distribution of first occurrence of alien fish species in Turkish Marine waters, including bony and Elasmobranch species, along Turkish coasts. Colour scale gives the number of species.
Colour density map showing the distribution of first occurrence of total bony fishes species along Turkish coasts in September 2018.
Colour density map showing the distribution of first occurrence of total Elasmobranch fish species along Turkish coasts in September 2018.
Time-series data of cumulative increase in alien fish diversity in Turkish Marine waters (solid line indicates cumulative increase in alien fish diversity; bars indicate the total number of alien species recorded in Turkish Marine Waters).
List of the alien bony and cartilaginous fishes of Turkish marine waters (A: Atlantic; ATM, Atlanto-Mediterranean IP: Indo-Pacific, R: Red Sea). First report and occurrence in each Sea and its reported Reference is given in the cell.
| Family/Species | Mediterranean Sea | Aegean Sea | Sea of Marmara | Black Sea | Source |
| Jawless Fishes | |||||
| Petromyzontidae | |||||
| Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 | Çevik et al. (2010) | Tessalou-Legaki et al. (2012) | A | ||
| Elasmobranch | |||||
| Alopiidae | |||||
| Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841 | Kabasakal (2011) | Mater (2005) | Kabasakal & Karhan (2007) | ||
| Triakidae | |||||
| Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827 | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | A | ||
| Carcharhinidae | |||||
| Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) | Başusta & Erdem 2000 | ||||
| Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | |||
| Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | ||||
| Centrophoridae | |||||
| Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | Benli et al. (1993) | ||
| Centrophorus uyato (Rafnesque, 1810) | Meriç (1995) | ||||
| Squatinidae | |||||
| Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829 | Başusta (2002) | Filiz et al. (2005) | A | ||
| Dasyatidae | |||||
| Himantura leoparda (Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008) | Yucel et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner, 1892) | Erguden et al. (2014) | A | |||
| Mobulidae | |||||
| Mobula japonica (Müller & Henle, 1841) | Sakalli et. al. (2016) | IP | |||
| Bony Fishes | |||||
| Notacanthidae | |||||
| Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840 | Başusta et al. (2002a); | Bilecenoğlu et al. 2014 | A | ||
| Muraenidae | |||||
| Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838) | Yokes et. al. (2002) | Okuş et al. (2004) | A | ||
| Synaphobranchidae | |||||
| Dysomma brevirostre (Facciola, 1887) | Bilecenoğlu et al. 2014 | Aydın et al. (2009) | A | ||
| Ophichthidae | |||||
| Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Fricke et al. (2007) | A | |||
| Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848) | Yağlıoğlu & Ayas (2016) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2009) | A | ||
| Plotosidae | |||||
| Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) | Doğdu et al. (2016) | IP | |||
| Nettastomatidae | |||||
| Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810 | Başusta et al. (2002b); | Bilecenoğlu et al. 2014 | A | ||
| Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883) | Golani et al. (2006) | Leblebici et al. (2010) | A | ||
| Clupeidae | |||||
| Etrumeus golanii DiBattista, Randall & Bowen, 2012 | Başusta et al. (1997) | Okuş et al. (2004) | IP | ||
| Herklotsichthys punctatus (Rüppell, 1837) | Whitehead et al. (1984-1986) | IP | |||
| Dussumieriidae | |||||
| Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849 | Ben-Tuvia (1953) | IP | |||
| Engraulidae | |||||
| Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 | Dalyan et al. (2014) | IP | |||
| Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938 | Çiftçi et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Chanidae | |||||
| Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) | Özvarol & Gökoğlu (2012) | IP | |||
| Synodontidae | |||||
| Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani & Tikochinski, 2015 | Ben-Tuvia (1966) | Ben-Tuvia (1973) | IP | ||
| Bregmacerotidae | |||||
| Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean, 1886 | Yılmaz et al. (2004) | IP | |||
| Moridae | |||||
| Lepidion lepidion Risso, 1810 | Bilecenoğlu et al. 2014 | A | |||
| Gobiesocidae | |||||
| Apletodon incognitus Hofrichter & Patzner, 1997 | Bilecenoğlu and Kaya (2006a) | Bilecenoğlu et al. 2014 | A | ||
| Atherinidae | |||||
| Atherinomorus forskalii (Rüppell, 1838) | Kosswig (1950) | Geldiay (1969) | IP | ||
| Hemiramphidae | |||||
| Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775) | Kosswig (1950) | Kosswig (1950) | IP | ||
| Exocoetidae | |||||
| Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) | Ben-Tuvia (1966) | Ben-Tuvia (1966) | IP | ||
| Holocentridae | |||||
| Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) | Kosswig (1950) | Kosswig (1950) | Artüz & Golani 2018 | IP | |
| Fistulariidae | |||||
| Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2002) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2002) | IP | ||
| Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 | Ünlüoğlu et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Syngnathidae | |||||
| Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 | Gokoglu et al. (2004) | IP | |||
| Syngnathus rostellatus Nilsson, 1855 | Gokoglu et al. (2004) | A | |||
| Scorpaenidae | |||||
| Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) | Gurlek et al. (2016c) | IP | |||
| Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) | Turan et al. (2014a) | Turan & Öztürk (2015) | IP | ||
| Synanceiidae | |||||
| Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Bilecenoğlu (2012) | IP | |||
| Serranidae | |||||
| Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) | Gökoğlu et al., (2015) | IP | |||
| Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828) | Engin et.al. (2016) | A | |||
| Terapontidae | |||||
| Pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) | Mater & Kaya (1987) | IP | |||
| Apogonidae | |||||
| Apogonichthyoides pharaonis (Bellotti, 1874) | Mater & Kaya, (1987) | Okuş et al. (2004) | IP | ||
| Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970 | Goren et al. (2009) | IP | |||
| Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903) | Eryılmaz & Dalyan (2006) | Filiz et al. (2012) | IP | ||
| Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) | Turan et al. (2015) | IP | |||
| Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) | Turan et al. (2010) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2013) | IP | ||
| Priacanthidae | |||||
| Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) | Ergüden et al. (2018) | IP | |||
| Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 | Gürlek et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 | Gökoğlu & Teker (2018) | IP | |||
| Sillaginidae | |||||
| Sillago suezensis Golani, Fricke & Tikochinski, 2013 | Gücü et al. (1994) | Bilecenoğlu (2004) | IP | ||
| Rachycentridae | |||||
| Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) | Akyol & Ünal (2013) | IP | |||
| Carangidae | |||||
| Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) | Akyüz (1957) | Geldiay (1969) | Artüz & Kubanç (2014) | Turan et al. (2017) | IP |
| Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) | Sakınan & Örek (2011) | IP | |||
| Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) | Kapiris et al. (2014) | A | |||
| Trachurus indicus Nekrasov, 1966 | Dalyan & Eryılmaz (2009) | IP | |||
| Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) | Gurlek et al. (2016a) | IP | |||
| Leiognathidae | |||||
| Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) | Irmak et al. (2015) | IP | |||
| Equulites klunzingeri (Steindachner, 1898) | Erazi (1943) | Ben-Tuvia 1966 | IP | ||
| Haemulidae | |||||
| Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | Whitehead et al. (1984–1986) | A | ||
| Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2009) | Akyol&Ünal (2016) | IP | ||
| Sparidae | |||||
| Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) | Gürlek et al. (2016b) | IP | |||
| Lethrinidae | |||||
| Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775) | Bilecenoğlu (2007) | IP | |||
| Nemipteridae | |||||
| Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 | Bilecenoğlu (2008) | Gulsahin and Kara (2013) | IP | ||
| Mullidae | |||||
| Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) | Çinar et al. (2006) | IP | |||
| Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) | Kosswig (1950) | Kosswig (1956) | IP | ||
| Upeneus pori Ben-Tuvia & Golani, 1989 | Kosswig (1950) | Akyol et al. (2006) | IP | ||
| Pempheridae | |||||
| Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 | Akyol et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Pempheris mangula Cuvier, 1829 | Bilecenoglu et al. (2002) | IP | |||
| Chaetodontidae | |||||
| Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 | Gokoglu et al. (2003) | IP | |||
| Pomacentridae | |||||
| Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Bilecenoğlu (2016) | A | |||
| Mugilidae | |||||
| Liza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836) | Kosswig (1956) | IP | |||
| Planiliza haematocheila (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | Kaya et al. (1998) | Ünsal (1992) | Ünsal (1992) | IP | |
| Labridae | |||||
| Pteragogus trispilus Randall, 1981 | Taşkavak et al. (2000) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2002) | IP | ||
| Scaridae | |||||
| Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 | Turan et al. (2014b) | IP | |||
| Champsodontidae | |||||
| Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908 | Dalyan et al. (2012) | Mytilineou et al. (2016) | IP | ||
| Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) | Çiçek & Bilecenoğlu (2009) | Filiz et al. (2014) | A | ||
| Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867 | Gökoglu & Özvarol (2013) | Yapici et al. (2016) | IP | ||
| Blenniidae | |||||
| Parablennius thysanius (Jordan & Seale, 1907) | Özbek et al. (2013) | IP | |||
| Petroscirtes ancylodon Rüppell, 1835 | Taşkavak et al. (2000) | Okus et al. (2006) | IP | ||
| Callionymidae | |||||
| Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837 | Gücü et al. (1994) | Bilecenoğlu et al. 2014 | IP | ||
| Diplogrammus randalli Fricke, 1983 | Seyhan et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Synchiropus sechellensis Regan, 1908 | Gökoğlu et al. (2014) | IP | |||
| Gobiidae | |||||
| Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2002) | IP | |||
| Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2008) | Çinar et al. (2011) | IP | ||
| Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Akamca et al. (2011) | IP | |||
| Corcyrogobius liechtensteini (Kolombatović, 1891) | Bilecenoğlu (2016) | A | |||
| Ephippidae | |||||
| Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) | Bilecenoğlu & Kaya (2006b) | IP | |||
| Siganidae | |||||
| Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) | Ben-Tuvia (1973) | Ben-Tuvia (1973) | IP | ||
| Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 | Kosswig (1950) | Tortonese (1947) | Artüz & Koç (2012) | IP | |
| Sphyraenidae | |||||
| Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884 | Akyüz (1957) | Geldiay (1969) | IP | ||
| Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829 | Mater & Bilecenoğlu (1999) | Bizsel & Cihangir (1996) | A | ||
| Scombridae | |||||
| Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) | Fischer et al. (1987) | Buhan et al. (1997) | IP | ||
| Cynoglossidae | |||||
| Cynoglossus sinusarabici (Chabanaud, 1931) | Akyüz (1957) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2014) | IP | ||
| Monacanthidae | |||||
| Stephanolepis diaspros Fraser-Brunner, 1940 | Kosswig (1950) | Kosswig (1950) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2013) | IP | |
| Ostraciidae | |||||
| Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 | Gerovasileiou et al. (2017) | IP | |||
| Tetraodontidae | |||||
| Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) | Bilecenoğlu et al.. (2006c) | Akyol et al. (2005) | Artüz & Kubanç (2015) | IP | |
| Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) | Kosswig (1950) | Ben-Tuvia (1966) | Tuncer et al., (2008) | IP | |
| Lagocephalus suezensis Clark & Gohar, 1953 | Avsar & Cicek, (1999) | Bilecenoglu et al. (2002) | IP | ||
| Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 | Erguden et al. (2017) | Akyol & Aydın (2016) | Tuncer et al. (2008) | IP | |
| Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller and Troschel, 1848) | Mater & Bilecenoğlu (1999) | Eryılmaz et al. (2003) | A | ||
| Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983 | Bilecenoglu, (2003) | Bilecenoğlu et al. (2014) | IP | ||
| Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908) | Turan and Yağlıoğlu (2011) | IP |