Systematic identification of needlefish (Belonidae) species using molecular genetic and morphological markers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

• Cemal Turan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cemal.turan@iste.edu.tr

  Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-0261

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• Petya Pavlova Ivanova,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Biology and Ecology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna, Bulgaria

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• Servet Ahmet Doğdu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye, Iskenderun Technical University, Maritime Technology Vocational School of Higher Education, Underwater Technologies, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2939-5838

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• Deniz Ergüden,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-2151

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• Violin Stoyanov Raykov,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Biology and Ecology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna, Bulgaria

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• Maria Yankova,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Biology and Ecology Department, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna, Bulgaria

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• Deniz Yağlioğlu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Duzce University, Duzce, Türkiye

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• Ayşegül Ergenler

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye

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