A Rare Occurrence of Carapus acus (Carapidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean, TurkeyErgüden, Deniz (Avtor) Turan, Cemal (Avtor) Pearl fishCarapidaeRare recordMersin BayMediterranean SeaTwo specimens of pearl fish Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) were caught at a depth of 108 m in Gazipaşa coast, Antalya Bay (Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey) in March 2019. The present paper provides information on the occurrence of C. acus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, in Turkey. Since it was recorded only once before in the last twenty-eight years, this species could be considered exceptionally rare in the easternmost area of the Mediterranean Sea.20222026-07-31 14:39:14Delo ni kategorizirano31437slImetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY-NC 4.0