Turan, CemalErguden, DenizUygur, NecdetGurlek, MevlutErdogan, Zeliha A.Sonmez, BektasUyan, Ali2024-09-182024-09-1820150137-15921734-1515https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2015.45.3.12https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10102Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Ruppell, 1838), is recorded for the first time from the Turkish marine waters. Two specimens of C. novemstriatus were sampled with a purse seiner on 1 December 2014, and also a school of C. novemstriatus was photographed during scuba diving at a depth of 13 m on a rocky surface on 8 December 2014 in the Cevlik coast, Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean of Turkey. With the present report, the number of alien cardinal fish species reported in the Turkish coasts has reached five.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessfishfirst country recordLessepsian migrationcolonisationrange extensionArticle45331932210.3750/AIP2015.45.3.122-s2.0-84944715156Q2WOS:000363424700012Q3