Abstract
Fifteen specimens of the big-scale sand smelt, Atherina boyeri were caught by a single trawl haul with a net mesh size of 3 mm on February 2017 from the Seyhan Dam Reservoir (South Anatolia, Adana/Turkey). In this study the big-scale sand smelt, A. boyeri, was recorded for the first time in the Seyhan Dam Reservoir. In addition, some morphometric and meristic measurements of A. boyeri were given and these values were compared to populations in two different lakes. Furthermore, the possible ecological effects of A. boyeri on Seyhan Dam Reservoir were briefly discussed.
Highlights
Atherina boyeri is one of the 165 Atherinid species present in the seas around the world that is naturally found in the coastal areas of seas and oceans and river mouths
First records of A. boyeri in the Turkish seas were given by Erazi (1942) and Akşiray (1987) and the presence of the species in Turkish lakes were reported by Balık (1985), Meriç (1986a) and Meriç (1986b) in Küçükçekmece and Büyükçekmece Lakes
Some metrics and meristic characters measured and counted in the Seyhan Dam Reservoir population were compared to the values taken from other populations (Devegeçidi Dam Lake and İznik Lake), (Table 1)
Summary
Atherina boyeri is one of the 165 Atherinid species present in the seas around the world that is naturally found in the coastal areas of seas and oceans and river mouths. First records of A. boyeri in the Turkish seas were given by Erazi (1942) and Akşiray (1987) and the presence of the species in Turkish lakes were reported by Balık (1985), Meriç (1986a) and Meriç (1986b) in Küçükçekmece and Büyükçekmece Lakes. It was reported in Lake Sapanca, Lake Köyceğiz and Güzelhisar River by Battalgil (1941), Kosswig & Battalgil (1943), Balık (1979), Geldiay & Balık (1988) and Altun (1999). This specieswas reported another in landlocked lakes or rivers like İznik, Durusu, Eğirdir, Beyşehir, Ömerli Dam Reservoir, Hirfanlı Dam Reservoir and Mogan Lake (Özeren, 2009; Küçük et al, 2012; Saç et al, 2015)
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