Sercan YAPICI
The occurrence of the alien goby Vanderhorstia mertensi, off Akbük Cove, Anatolian coasts of Aegean Sea, is here well proven for the first time. On 12 August 2014, a single specimen was observed by visual census. This finding substantiate that its presence and also distribution is expanding northwards, along the Anatolian coasts of the Aegean Sea.