title: Integration of DNA barcoding for the initial recordings of Lessepsian fishes: a case study of the Indo-Pacific slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus.
abstract: In this study, the DNA barcode of a regional Lessepsian sighting of the slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus is integrated with morphometric and meristic descriptors as a case study to address further identification problems in the Mediterranean Sea. The study also aims to contribute to the regional mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I information pool, to support other potential uses. The initial sighting of E. elongatus from the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey is provided from a trawl survey on 3 June 2015, where 76 specimens were captured during a 15 min tow.
authors.affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Science, Department of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakinan
authors.affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Science, Department of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karahan
authors.affiliation: Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Science, Department of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Mersin, Turkey.|British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, U.K.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ok
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
keywords: Mediterranean; Turkey; coI; cytochrome oxidase; meristics; morphology