Distribution and abundance of Gobiidae family species larvae in zmir Bay

In this survey, we search about the abundance and distribution of Gobiidae larvae in Izmir Bay between the years 2000-2004. For this purpose, seasonally obtained the ichthyoplankton sam ples from 8 stations identified in the inner, middle and outer parts of the bay aboard the K. Piri Reis research vessel. They were shot horizontaly with a Hensen model zooplankton net which has a 200 μm mesh-opening and is 55 cm in diameter. We obtained 1210 larvae/10m3 through out the survey and identified 4 species of Gobiidae family. These species; Gobius niger Lin naeus, 1758, Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758, Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) and Pomatoschistus microps (Kr yer, 1938), respectively. G. niger was found to be dominant in Izmir Bay.