Determination of Coastal Fish Fauna in Kazıklı Cove (Milas-Muğla) and Determination of Bio-Ecological Characterıstics of Some Fish Species
Project no. 1063 · Status: Kapanmış · 2018
Summary
It is aimed, in this study, to obtain new information about the fish fauna structure in three adjacent infralittoral habitats and their temporal and spatial changes in Kazıklı Cove, which is located in the south of Kazıklı village, Milas, Muğla. In the study carried out seasonally between 2019-2021, 33 species from 14 families belonging to 5 orders were caught with a fine trammel net. The most dominant species caught during four seasons is Engraulis encrasicolus larvae, in terms of seasonal presence in Kazıklı Cove. This is followed by E. encrasicholus adults, Mullus surmuletus, Mullus barbatus and Pagellus erythrinus, which were found in 3 seasons. Specimens caught only in a single season are respectively; Belone belone, Diplodus puntazzo, Ephinephelus aeneus, Gobius cobitis, Oxyricthtyes petersi, Siganus rivulatus and Zosterisessor ophiocephalus in spring;Acontho labruspalloni, Atherina boyeri, Gobius niger, Lipophyrys basiliscus, Microlipophyrs canevae, Sparus aurata, Sphyraena viridensis, Symphodus cinereus and Syngnathus acus in summer; Labrus bergylta, Labrus merula, Symphodus ocellatus and Symphodus tinca in autumn and finally Spicara sp., Diplodus vulgaris and Liza aurata in winter.