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Distribution Revised-Fifteen Years of Changes in the Invasion of a Freshwater Fish, Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) in Turkey Cover

Distribution Revised-Fifteen Years of Changes in the Invasion of a Freshwater Fish, Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) in Turkey

Open Access
|Jan 2020

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to revise the distribution range of the invasive freshwater fish species, topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) in Turkey, based on the literature review. After the first report of the species from the Meriç River in Thrace (European part of Turkey) in 1982, it has spread across the country mainly through human-mediated accidental introductions. The species has now been reported from 66 water bodies in total. Besides the introduction pathways, we also present chronological distribution pattern of the species. This information is useful especially for conservation endemic ichthyofauna due to the negative impact of Pseudorasbora parva, particularly through introducing an emerging infectious eukaryotic intracellular pathogen on the fungal-animal boundary, Sphaerothecum destruens Arkush et al., 2003.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2344-3219 | Journal ISSN: 1841-7051
Language: English
Page range: 69 - 80
Published on: Jan 21, 2020
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
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© 2020 Gülnaz Özcan, Ali Serhan Tarkan, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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