A specimen of the serpent eel, Ophisurus serpens, with a total length of 190.2 cm was caught off the coast of Mersin （Incekum）, Turkey on November 2014 during trawling. This manuscript presents the first digitized s...A specimen of the serpent eel, Ophisurus serpens, with a total length of 190.2 cm was caught off the coast of Mersin （Incekum）, Turkey on November 2014 during trawling. This manuscript presents the first digitized specimen of O. serpens from the Mersin Bay （northeastern Mediterranean）, and hence, confirms the presence of the species in the northeastern Mediterranean despite a suspicious previous report, possibly mistaken with Echelus myrus, of the species from Yumurtahk Bay. Remarks on the morphology and geographical distribution of the species in the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey are given.展开更多
文摘A specimen of the serpent eel, Ophisurus serpens, with a total length of 190.2 cm was caught off the coast of Mersin （Incekum）, Turkey on November 2014 during trawling. This manuscript presents the first digitized specimen of O. serpens from the Mersin Bay （northeastern Mediterranean）, and hence, confirms the presence of the species in the northeastern Mediterranean despite a suspicious previous report, possibly mistaken with Echelus myrus, of the species from Yumurtahk Bay. Remarks on the morphology and geographical distribution of the species in the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey are given.
