About
Professional SummaryI have been working on Alien and Invasive Species for over 17 years and also Marine biodiversity for over 20 years.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Cukurova University, Turkiye Fisheries (Aquaculture) | Completed: 2007
Editorial Services
Editorial & Publishing RolesPublications (127)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Diet composition of Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 in Salmanlı Dam Lake, Türkiye
2026
Length–weight and length–length relationships of Indo Pacific Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) in the Northeastern Mediterranean
2026
Commercial fisheries threaten a potential nursery area of
Rhinoptera marginata
in the northeastern Mediterranean Sea: a review and new data
2026
First record of
Ambassis dussumieri
Cuvier, 1828 (Osteichthyes: Ambassidae), in the North-Eastern Mediterranean, Türkiye
2026
Systematic identification of needlefish (Belonidae) species using molecular genetic and morphological markers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
2025
Visual documentation and biotopic distribution of opisthobranch species in the Akkum-Erdemli Region (Türkiye)
2025
On the occurrence of three blennid species in the South-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey
2024
Economic costs of non-native species in Türkiye: A first national synthesis
2024
Existence of Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 (Family: Belonidae) in the Marmara Sea and Black Sea Coasts of Türkiye
2023
The rare occurrence of the whiskered sole Monochirus hispidus (rafinesque, 1814) from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2023
Occurrence of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron, 1839) (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), from Iskenderun Bay, northeast Levant Sea
2022
Length-Weight Relationships of Fistularia commersonii Rüppell 1835 from the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Türkiye
2022
First Record of Invasive Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Family: Cichlidae) in Akgöl (Mersin, Türkiye)
2022
Occurrence of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey
2022
Age, growth, and mortality of the redcoat Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskal, 1775), in Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2022
Age, growth and mortality rate of Yellowstripe Barracuda, Sphyraena Chrysotaenia Klunzinger 1884 living in the Northeastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2022
Recent Occurrence of Shortfin Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae), from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
2021
First Record of Orange Spotted Grouper Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) from the Iskenderun Bay, the northeastern Mediterranean
2021
Range Extension of Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 Southeastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
2021
Confirmed occurrence of Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) from Mersin Bay (Northeastern Mediterranean).
Deniz Erguden
2021
The confirmed occurrence of two specimens of Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) from Mersin Bay (NE Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2021
Ege Denizi’nde Deniz Patlıcanı (Holothuroidea) Avcılığı Yapan Balıkçıların Sosyo-Ekonomik Durumu
2020
Visual records of Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) in the North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey
2020
Cranial morphometrics of a stranded common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) in Mersin Bay (Northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2020
Presence of Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776) in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2020
The length-weight relationship and condition factor of yellowspotted puffer torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy & Randall, 1983 in the Eastern Mediterranean (Yumurtalık Bight, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2020
Maximum length report of Gonostoma denudatum Rafinesque, 1810 in the Eastern Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2020
First Substantiated Record of Molva macrophthalma (Rafinesque, 1810) in Southern Aegean Sea, Turkey
2019
Range Expansion of Equulites popei (Whitley 1932) Along the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
2019
First documented smoothback angelshark Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 from the North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2019
First record of the Lessepsian migrant Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913 in the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2019
Phylogenetic relationships of turbot species (scophthalmidae) inferred from the mitochondrial COIII gene and morphological characters.
Deniz Erguden
2019
Confirmed occurrence of moontail bullseye Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal, 1775) in the Mediterranean sea with first record off the coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Deep sea fisheries in mersin bay, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean: Diversity and abundance of shrimps and benthic fish fauna.
Deniz Erguden
2018
The new locality record of Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789), from büyükeceli coast (north-eastern mediterranean sea).
Deniz Erguden
2018
Length-weight relationship and condition of redcoat Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) in iskenderun bay (southeastern mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2018
Occurrence of the burrowing goby Trypauchen vagina (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) in southeastern mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Relationships between fish length and otolith dimensions of redcoat, Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskal, 1775) in the southeastern mediterranean sea, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Occurrence of the red sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) from the western mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Length-weight relationship and condition of Arnoglossus kessleri schmidt, 1915 in iskenderun bay (eastern mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2018
First record marbled shrimp Saron marmoratus (Olivier, 1811) from Turkish marine waters.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Range extension of blue-barred parrotfish Scarus ghobban forsskal, 1775 along the mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Length-weight and length-length relationships of the fourlined terapon pelates quadrilineatus (Bloch, 1790) in the north-eastern mediterranean sea, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
Juvenile records on the tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) from iskenderun bay (northeastern mediterranean sea, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2018
On the occurrence of the pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) in the eastern mediterranean basin, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
The second record of the seychelles dragonet Synchiropus sechellensis in the northeastern mediterranean coasts of the Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
The occurrence of royal flagfin Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) in mersin bay (north-eastern mediterranean) Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2018
The occurrence of blue spiny starfish Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816) in Mersin Bay (NE Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2017
New record of European finless eel Apterichthus caecus from the Iskenderun bay, the Eastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2017
First occurrence of the oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Iskenderun Bay, (North-Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2017
First record of the deepwater pencil cardinalfish Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950), (Osteichthyes: Epigonidae), from North Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2017
Occurrence of adult female Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) in iskenderun bay (eastern mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2017
Assessing DNA barcodes for identification of pufferfish species (tetraodontidae) in Turkish marine waters.
Deniz Erguden
2017
New record of diamondback puffer Lagocephalus guentheri miranda ribeiro, 1915 from the north-eastern mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2017
First record of elongate bulleye priacanthus prolixus in the mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2017
Length-weight relationship and condition factor of spotted flounder Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758) in Iskenderun Bay, North-eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2017
First record of the Indo-Pacific soldier bream Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) from the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2016
First record greenback horse mackerel, Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) in the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2016
Age, growth and mortality of the red sea invasive blotchfin dragonet, Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837 from the Northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2016
Occurrence of Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 in Iskenderun bay (Northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2016
Confirmation of the record of the serpent eel, Ophisurus serpens (Family: Ophichthidae) from mersin bay (NE mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2016
First record red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1785) in the mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2016
Microsatellite loci for black sea turbot Scophthalmus maeoticus.
Deniz Erguden
2016
The proximate compositions, carbohydrate contents and energy values of three freshwater fish from seyhan river in Adana/Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2016
2016
First record of the indo-pacific striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from Turkish marine waters.
Deniz Erguden
2016
First record of the alien sea slug Elysia grandifolia Kelaart, 1858 (mollusca, opisthobranchia, elysiidae) in the iskenderun bay.
Deniz Erguden
2016
Critically endangered fish species of Turkish seas (mediterranean and aegean): Longfin gurnard, Chelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792).
Deniz Erguden
2016
Occurrence of the red sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) (Perciformes: Mullidae) from Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2016
Threatened brill species in marine waters of Turkey: Scopthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scopthalmidae).
Deniz Erguden
2016
Three fish species known to be rare for Turkey, captured from the Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, Mersin bay, Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, Squatina aculeata cuvier.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Occurrence of the thresher Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) from the Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Morphologic divergence and systematic relationship of Copepod in Turkish freshwater.
Deniz Erguden
2015
First record of the moon crab Ashtoret lunaris (Forskal 1775) from Turkish waters.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Population genetic analysis of Atlantic bonito Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) using sequence analysis of mtDNA D-loop region.
Deniz Erguden
2015
On the occurrence of the sharpnose sevengill shark Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the Northeastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Length-weight relationships for six fish species in Iskenderun bay (Eastern Mediterranean sea coast of Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2015
First record of the Indian ocean twospot cardinalfish Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Ruppell, 1838) from Turkish Mediterranean waters.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Records of Stomias boa boa (Risso, 1810) and Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 from Mersin bay, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Elasmobranch bycatch in a bottom trawl fishery in the Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2015
Molecular systematic analysis of shad species (Alosa spp.) from Turkish marine waters using mtDNA genes.
Deniz Erguden
2015
First occurrence of the hydrozoan Geryonia proboscidalis (Forskal, 1775) from Iskenderun bay, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2014
First record of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae) for the Turkish Mediterranean coast.
Deniz Erguden
2014
First record of the Indian ocean Anchovy, Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 from the North-Eastern Mediterraenan coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2014
First record of the blue-barred parrot fish, Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 from Turkish coastal waters.
Deniz Erguden
2014
First record of marbled stingray, Dasyatis marmorata (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), on the coast of Turkey, North-Eastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2014
Age and growth of the nakedband gaper, Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895), from the ıskenderun bay, northeastern mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2014
Occurrence of fangtooth moray Enchelycore anatine (Lowe, 1839) (Muraenidae) in Iskenderun bay, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2013
A new jellyfish species in the Turkish coastal waters-Aequorea forskalea Peron and Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa).
Deniz Erguden
2013
A young Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) individual captured from Iskenderun bay, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2013
Range expansion of the burrowing goby Trypauchen vagina (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) to the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2013
Occurrence of the oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833 (Gempylidae) in Iskenderun bay, the North-Eastern Mediterranean of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2013
Occurrence of Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833) (Osteichthyes: Centrolophidae), in the North-Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2013
An occurrence of the blackfish, Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) in Iskenderun bay, (North-Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2012
First record of spotbase Burrfish Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis and Randall, 1982) (Osteichthyes: Diodontidae) from the marine waters of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2012
A second observation of Dendrodoris fumata (Ruppel and Leuckart, 1830) from the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2012
Range expansion of silverstripe blaasop, Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), to the Northeastern Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2011
The ocurrence of Atyaephyra desmarestii (Millet, 1831) (Decapoda: Atyidae ) in the Seyhan reservoir (Seyhan river Basin).
Deniz Erguden
2011
On the occurrence of Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) in Antakya bay, Eastern Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Geographical distribution and spreading of Eurycarcinus integrifrons De Man 1879 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pilumnidae) along the Levantine sea.
Deniz Erguden
2011
A new record of Antenna codlet Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode and Bean, 1886 (Bregmacerotidae: Gadiformes) from the Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Geographical distribution and spreading of blunthead puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster (Muller and Troschel, 1848) in the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Occurrence of the nakedband gaper, Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) (Osteichtyes: Champsodontidae), in Finike Bay (Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2011
Distribution of fishes on the continental shelf in the levantine sea, the North Aegean sea and the sea of Marmara: Comparative evaluation of fishes in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Length-weight and length-length relationships for four shad species along the Western Black Sea coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Systematic status of nine mullet species (Mugilidae) in the Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Length-weight and length-length relationships of the Mediterranean shad Alosa agone (Scopoli, 1786) from the Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2011
Genetic identification and taxonomic relationship of Mediterranean Mugilid species based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequence data.
Deniz Erguden
2010
On the occurrence invasive ctenophore comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 from Antakya bay, the Eastern Mediterranean sea.
Deniz Erguden
2010
First record Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883 (Bythitidae), from the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2010
Distribution of alien nudibranch Chromodoris annulata Eliot, 1904 (Opisthobranch; Chromodorididae) in the Gulf of Iskenderun bay, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2010
First record of the broad-banded cardinal fish Apogon fasciatus (White, 1790) from Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2010
Confirmation the presence of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758) in Turkish Seas and Levantine sea (Petromyzoniformes: Petromyzonidae).
Deniz Erguden
2010
Age and growth of the Randall's threadfin bream Nemipterus randalli (Russell, 1986) a recent lessepsian migrant in Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean.
Deniz Erguden
2010
Systematics of Scorpaenidae species in the mediterranean sea inferred from mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequence and morphological data.
Deniz Erguden
2009
Weight-length relationships for 20 Lessepsian fish species caught by bottom trawl on the coast of Iskenderun Bay (NE Mediterranean sea, Turkey).
Deniz Erguden
2009
Morphologic structuring between populations of chub mackerel Scomber japonicas in the Black, Marmara, Aegean and Northeastern Mediterranean seas.
Deniz Erguden
2009
A preliminary research on growth feature of the Mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)) determined in the Seyhan dam lake (Adana).
Deniz Erguden
2008
Growth properties of roach (Rutilus rutilus L., 1758) in Seyhan dam lake (Adana).
Deniz Erguden
2008
The growth features of pontic shad Alosa pontica (Eichwald, 1838) in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2007
Width/length-weight and relationships of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1986) population living in Camlik Lagoon Lake (Yumurtalik).
Deniz Erguden
2006
New pelagic Gastropoda species encountered on the Turkish coast of the Levant sea.
Deniz Erguden
2006
Examination of genetic and morphologic structure of Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L. 1758) populations in Turkish Coastal Waters.
Deniz Erguden
2005
Growth properties of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax (L., 1758), Perciformes: Moronidae) live in iskenderun bay.
Deniz Erguden
2005
First record for two species (Balanoglossus clavigerus delle Chiaje, 1829, Glandiceps talaboti (Marion, 1876)) of the phylum hemichordata on the coast of Turkey.
Deniz Erguden
2005
Genetic and morphologic structure of Liza abu (Heckel, 1843) population from the rivers Orontes, Euphrates and Tigris.
Deniz Erguden
2004
Morphometric structuring of the anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus L.) in the Black, Aegean and Northeastern mediterranean seas.
Deniz Erguden
2004