Age, growth, sex-ratio, spawning season and food of golden bandedgoatfish, Upeneus moluccensis Bleeker (1855) from the Mediterranean andsouth Aegean Sea coasts of Turkey

摘要

The length, growth, age composition, spawning season, sex ratio, and food of golden banded goatfish (Upeneus moluccensis) were studied on the basis of 711 specimens from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Females made up 75.25% and males 24.75% of the species, The fork length of females ranged from 8.6 to 17.8 cm, and of males, from 8.5 to 16.1 cm.