Response to the comments regarding "The marine teleost fishes of the Sea of Marmara; an updated and annotated checklist" by Artüz amp; Fricke (2019)

Zootaxa. 2020 Jun 23;4802(2):zootaxa.4802.2.13. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.2.13.

Abstract

Our recent paper Artüz Fricke (2019) provided an updated list of marine teleost fishes of the Sea of Marmara. Bilecenoglu argues that our paper includes mistranslations of some previous research, misinterpretation and incomplete examination of certain published biodiversity data related to the Sea of Marmara (Bilecenoglu 2020). We answer his comments below.

Keywords: Pisces.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biodiversity*
  • Fishes*