On the Occurrence of the Greater Pipefish Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 in the South-Eastern Mediterranean, TurkeyErgüden, Deniz (Avtor) Doğdu, Servet Ahmet (Avtor) Turan, Cemal (Avtor) SygnathidaepipefishconservationIskenderun BayMediterranean SeaOn 28 October 2022, one specimen of the greater pipefish Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 was captured in Cevlik, Bay of Iskenderun (south-eastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey) by a commercial trawler at a depth of 18 m. This paper reports the first occurrence of S. acus in the Bay of Iskenderun, confirming the presence of the species in the area, and represents one of the rare occurrences of S. acus on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, in general. All measurements, counts, and color descriptions of the S. acus specimen agree with previous descriptions of the species.20242026-07-06 12:47:31Delo ni kategorizirano30812slImetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY-NC 4.0