Abstract
On 2 August 2013, a specimen of the cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766), was caught off Marmaris, south-eastern Aegean coast of Turkey. The fish was examined and morphometric characteristics of the specimen collected were determined. The species is being reported from the second time in the Mediterranean, preceded by its first occurrence off Haifa, Israel in 1978. The newly caught specimen was larger (SL) than the previously recorded individual (923 mm vs. 766 mm). All measurements, counts, and colour patterns determined were consistent with earlier published descriptions of the species.
Highlights
On 2 August 2013, a specimen of the cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766), was caught off Marmaris, south-eastern Aegean coast of Turkey
In the occurring over a variety of bottom types, such as: mud, sand Mediterranean Sea, only a single specimen was recorded and gravel, coral reefs; off rocky shores and in mangrove in Haifa Bay, Israel in 1978 (Golani and Ben-Tuvia 1986)
Sloughs; inshore around pilings and buoys, and offshore On 2 August 2013, a specimen of Rachycentron around drifting and stationary objects; occasionally in estu- canadum (Fig. 1) was caught by a longline fisherman tararies (Froese and Pauly 2013). They feed on pelagic and geting grouper on a boat from which sardine and squid benthic fish, crustacean
Summary
On 2 August 2013, a specimen of the cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766), was caught off Marmaris, south-eastern Aegean coast of Turkey. Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) is Massachusetts; from USA to Argentina, including the Gulf a large, migratory, pelagic fish of the monotypic family of Mexico and entire Caribbean in Western Atlantic; from Rachycentridae, which are found mainly close to the shore Morocco to South Africa in Eastern Atlantic and East with the depth range of 0–1200 m.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
