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New record of the European Finless Eel Apterichtus caecus from Iskenderun Bay, eastern Mediterranean Sea

The members of the genus Apterichtus Duméril, 1806 are rare in abundance and poorly known taxonomically and biologically. Species specific characters of the genus are characterised by the absence of all fins, a lack of cirri on the upper lip, and the posterior nostril opening outside of the mouth, usually on the upper lip (Smith & McCosker, 1999). The European Finless Eel Apterichtus caecus (Linnaeus, 1758) is distributed from the eastern Atlantic to the western basin of the Mediterranean, and from Gulf of Ginea (Bauchot, 1986; Leiby, 1990). It was first recorded from Israel at the Levantine coast by Golani (1996), followed by records off the Antalya Bay in 2007 (Fricke, Bilecenoğlu, & Sarı, 2007; Gökoğlu, Güven, Balcı, Çolak, & Golani, 2009). A new record of A. caecus from the eastern Mediterranean is presented here.