Resumen de First Record of the Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osteichthyes: Ophichthidae) in the Sea of Marmara, Türkiye

Uğur Uzer, Nurdan Cömert, Hakan Kabasakal, F. Saadet Karakulak

• In the present article, the authors report on the first record of Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Sea of Marmara (GFCM geographical subarea 28). A sexually mature male specimen (TL 1841 mm and TW 1801 g) was captured in a gill-net fishery at 96 m depth off the Silivri coast (northern Sea of Marmara, Türkiye).