First record of the Slender Pony Fish, Equulites elongatus (Günther, 1874) (Osteichthyes: Leiognathidae), from the Turkish coast of the Levantine Sea

First record of the Indo-Pacific soldier breamArgyrops filamentosus(Valenciennes, 1830) from the Mediterranean Sea

“…To date, 62 Lessepsian fishes are known to occur in Turkey (Irmak, Engin, Seyhan, & Özden, ; Turan, Erguden, Gurlek, Yaglioglu, & Uygur, ; Turan, Erguden, Gurlek, Yaglioglu, Uyan et al., ; Turan et al., ). To the best of our knowledge, no species belonging to the Sparidae family or the genus Argyrops have been reported thus far from either Turkish waters or from the Mediterranean.…”

“…To date, 62 Lessepsian fishes are known to occur in Turkey (Irmak, Engin, Seyhan, & Özden, 2015;Turan, Erguden, Gurlek, Yaglioglu, Uyan et al, 2014;Turan et al, 2015).…”

Integration of DNA barcoding for the initial recordings of Lessepsian fishes: a case study of the Indo‐Pacific slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus

“…This was characterized as 'very small' compared with the posterior nostril hole by Golani et al (2011); in the current study the anterior nostril is recognized as small, but not very small, in that its size is no less than half of the posterior. Recently, two more sightings of this species were reported from independent studies by Irmak et al (2015) and Yokeş (2015), at 50 and 80 km, respectively, to the west of the survey area discussed here. Those reported by Yokeş (2015) were caught in December 2014 and April 2015, while Irmak et al (2015) caught the specimens only 2 days later than the present study.…”

“…Recently, two more sightings of this species were reported from independent studies by Irmak et al . () and Yokeş (), at 50 and 80 km, respectively, to the west of the survey area discussed here. Those reported by Yokeş () were caught in December 2014 and April 2015, while Irmak et al .…”

“…Those reported by Yokeş () were caught in December 2014 and April 2015, while Irmak et al . () caught the specimens only 2 days later than the present study. In the survey area discussed here, however, no specimen of this species was caught during following surveys from July to December 2015 at the same location with the same equipment and for the same duration.…”