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Findings of the Korean Rockfish Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 in the Black Sea

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A new species for the Black Sea, a representative of the Far Eastern fauna, the Korean (dark) rockfish Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880, was found in the coastal zone of Crimea and the Caucasus. The first find of the Korean rockfish took place in 2013; presently, the findings of this species have become more frequent, which suggests a successful introduction. This paper presents the detailed morphological characteristics of the Black Sea individuals and the features of their biotopic distribution. Random introduction of Sebastes schlegelii with ship ballast waters or during the acclimatization of the giant oyster Crassostrea gigas is assumed to be the most probable result of the appearance of the species in the Black Sea.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors sincerely thank the fisherman S. Sokol and the underwater hunter A.I. Semyonov for the dark rockfish specimens provided by them, as well as to the amateur fisherman B.N. Korsaev and activists of the Crimean and Sevastopol Underwater Association Interregional Public Organization for the documented information on the capture of the dark rockfish at the coasts of Crimea and the Caucasus.

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The studies carried out within the framework of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas state assignment programs on the topic Patterns of formation and anthropogenic transformation of biodiversity and biological resources of the Azov–Black Sea basin and other regions of the World Ocean for 2018–2020 (no. АААА-А18-118020890074-2). The studies were supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-44-920016 Dynamics and consequences of the introduction of alien species of fish and invertebrates into the biocenoses of the coastal zone and bays of Sevastopol).

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  1. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Russian Academy of Sciences, 299011, Sevastopol, Russia

    E. P. Karpova

  2. Crimean and Sevastopol Underwater Association, 299059, Sevastopol, Russia

    I. Yu. Tamoykin & V. S. Kuleshov

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Karpova, E.P., Tamoykin, I.Y. & Kuleshov, V.S. Findings of the Korean Rockfish Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 in the Black Sea. Russ J Mar Biol 47, 29–34 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106307402101003X

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