title: A new record for occurrence of Symphodus bailloni (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Labridae) in the western Black Sea coast of Turkey.
abstract: The fish species Symphodus bailloni (Valenciennes, 1839) reported in the present study were collected between June 2010 and June 2011 from the western Black Sea coasts which were previously not recorded from the Black Sea coast of Turkey. A total of 717 specimens of S. bailloni were measured, ranging between 8.9 and 15.4 cm TL. Morphometrics, meristics, and diagnostic characteristics of the species are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Istanbul University, Ordu Cad. No. 200, Laleli, 34470 Istanbul, Turkey. didemgokturk@gmail.com
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Göktürk
authors.forename: F Saadet
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Karakulak
authors.forename: Nuran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ünsal
authors.forename: Abdullah E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kahraman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059038:Black Sea; D017753:Ecosystem; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D014421:Turkey