A Fugitive Lessepsian Fish in a Sea-Cage Farm in the Aegean SeaAkyol, Okan (Avtor) Takicak, Oğuzhan (Avtor) Tarun, Hasan (Avtor) Reticulated leatherjacketbehaviourhabitatfeedingmeagreThis paper presents the first recorded sighting of a Stephanolepis diaspros school at a sea-cage fish farm in the Bay of Izmir, north-eastern Aegean Sea. On 17 December 2024, a group of 20 individuals of S. diaspros was observed around a sea cage used for rearing meagre (Argyrosomus regius) off Urla, at a depth of 30 m. This study not only documents the first observation of S. diaspros in a fish farm in the northern Aegean Sea but also provides the first evidence of this fish species intruding into sea cages.20252026-06-18 12:52:15Delo ni kategorizirano30300UDK: 5DOI: 10.19233/ASHN.2025.01slImetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY 4.0