“…Brignoli (1978) reported 3 families, 5 genera and 5 species for Sinop. After that, Buchar and Dolanský (2011), Danışman, Erdek & Coşar (2012a), Danışman, Erdek, M., Sancak, Z., Coşar (2012b,c) , Danışman (2014), Özkütük, Kunt, Karakaş & Danışman, (2015), Coşar (2015), Coşar and Varol (2016), Coşar, Danışman & Tarlabölen (2016), Coşar, Danışman & Kartaler (2017) and Logunov and Demir (2006) found new records for 14 species of 12 genera of 8 families. Until 2018, 11 families, 17 genera and 19 species have been reported from Sinop province, which is consistent with the above information.…”