Oktener, A.Tuncer, S.Trilles, J. P.2025-01-272025-01-2720200240-8759https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/20661Nerocila milesensis n. sp is described from the Devil firefish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Scorpaeniformes; Scorpaenidae), a lessepsian fish, in the South Aegean Sea along the coasts of Turkey. The new species is distinguished from its two congeners native to Mediterranean, Nerocila orbignyi (Guerin-Meneville, 1832), Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816) and one congener native to Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, Nerocila acuminata Schitklte & Meinert, 1881 by having pereonites 5-7 mostly gradually extended to posterior than others; pereonite longest/shortest; visibility of coxae in dorsal view; proportion of pleotelson length-width; number of setae on maxilliped; number of setae on articles of mandible; number of spine on pereopod 7; endopod and exopod length of uropod.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessNEROCILALESSEPSIANINVASIVEDEVIL FIREFISHPTEROIS MILESMEDITERRANEANTURKEYArticle701717Q4WOS:0005926773000022-s2.0-85151245663Q4