A new record of Lagocephalus guentheri (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the north-eastern Aegean Sea

Occurrence of blunthead puffer, Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller and Troschel, 1848) (Tetraodontidae) in north-eastern Aegean Sea (Izmir Bay, Turkey)

“…Corsini‐Foka, Margies, Kondilatos, and Economidis () reported that the Mediterranean tetraodontid fauna was actually represented by ten species, adding Tylerius spinosissimus, Ephippion guttiferum, Sphoeroides marmoratus and S. spengleri . Additionally, Lagocephalus guentheri was recorded consecutively in both Egypt (Farrag, El‐Haweet, Akel, El‐Sayed kh, & Moustafa, ) and on the Aegean coast of Izmir (Akyol & Aydın, ). Thus, 11 tatraodontid fishes inhabit the Mediterranean throughout.…”

“…Sphoeroides pachygaster is one of six tetraodontid fishes (Lagocephalus lagocephalus, L. spadiceus, L. sceleratus, L. suezensis, S. pachygaster and Torquigener flavimaculosus) in the Mediterranean (Golani et al, 2006 (Akyol & Aydın, 2016). Thus, 11 tatraodontid fishes inhabit the Mediterranean throughout.…”

The Factors Increasing of Invasiveness Potential of Five Pufferfishes in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey

“…Indeed, pufferfishes quickly invaded the Mediterranean Sea. Lagocephalus spadiceus was first recorded from Iskenderun Bay (Turkey) by Kosswig (1950), and expanded its distribution to Sea of Marmara (Tuncer et al, 2008) Akyol and Aydın (2016). Torquigener flavimaculosus first recorded in Haifa Bay, Israel, (Golani, 1987), and subsequently was detected in Turkish waters (Bilecenoglu, 2003), and Greek waters (Corsini-Foka et al, 2006).…”

New record of diamondback puffer Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 from the North-Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey

“…In 2015, the first report of L. guentheri from the Mediterranean Sea was reported from Egypt waters (Farrag et al, 2016) and then the presence of the species in Turkey was confirmed with a single record from Çandarlı Bay, İzmir in the northern Aegean Sea (Akyol & Aydın, 2016).…”