First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea

Bilecenoglu M.Kaya M.Irmak E.2019-10-272019-10-2720060137-15920137-1592https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2006.36.1.13https://hdl.handle.net/11454/21825Two species previously unrecorded from the Aegean Sea, Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 and Benthocometes robustus (Goode et Bean, 1886), were captured during a bottom trawl off the Marmaris coasts (Turkey). These new records represent respectively the easternmost occurrence of N. scolopaceus and the second record of B. robustus from the eastern Mediterranean Basin.en10.3750/AIP2006.36.1.13info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAegean SeaBenthocometes robustusFishNemichthyidaeNemichthys scolopaceusNew recordOphidiidaeZoogeographyFirst records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean SeaArticle3618588Q3