A New Maximum Length for the Grey Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 for the Mediterranean Sea and First Confirmed Record in the Çanakkale Strait (Turkish Strait System)

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 4, 435 - 442, 31.12.2022

Semih Kale , Evren Tan

https://doi.org/10.33714/masteb.1170665

Abstract

A single specimen of the grey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789, was caught by a speargun at 18 m water depth in the vicinity of the Çanakkale Strait in the Turkish Straits System, between the Aegean Sea and the Marmara Sea. Its total length was 57.8 cm and weight was 2270 g. The given size is the maximum observed length for the grey triggerfish, B. capriscus, in the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, this paper also documented the first confirmed record of the grey triggerfish, B. capriscus in the Çanakkale Strait (the Turkish Straits System).

Keywords

Maximum length, First record, Balistes capriscus, Grey triggerfish, Çanakkale Strait

Thanks

We would like to thank the recreational spear fisherman Ozan Önen (Çanakkale, Türkiye) for bringing the specimen to our consideration, for having allowed using his underwater photographs, and for sharing his information.

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