Reconfirmed occurrance and northward expansion of the royal flagfish Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) from the Aegean Sea

Abstract

A single male specimen of the royal flagfin (Aulopus filamentosus), 369 mm total length was caught with the longline from the Gökçeada Island, north Aegean Sea. This report constitutes the reconfirmed occurrance with gives precise locality information from the Turkish waters and this record reflects northernmost expansion of this species in the Aegean Sea.