TY  - JOUR
T1  - Age, Growth and Reproduction of Goldband Goatfish (<I>Upeneus moluccensis</I> Bleeker (1855)) from the Gulf of Antalya (Turkey)
AU - Pehlivan, Meltem AU - Kaya, Yasemin AU - Balci, Beytullah Ahmet AU - Tasli, Mehmet Gokoglu Ayse AU - Ozvarol, Zehra Arzu Becer 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 5
SP  - 939
EP  - 945
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.939.945
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.939.945
KW  - Goldband goatfish
KW  -Upeneus moluccensis
KW  -growth
KW  -reproduction
KW  -Gulf of Antalya
KW  -Western Mediterranean
AB  - We investigated the age and sex composition, growth parameters, sexual maturity, spawning season and fecundity of goldband goatfish (<I>Upeneus moluccensis</I>) n = 464 caught in Gulf of Antalya in the western Mediterranean Sea sampling, monthly between February 2002-August 2003. Age groups ranged between 0 and V, with the second year-classes dominating. Females made up 73.92% and males 26.08% of the specimens. The total length and weight of combined sexes ranged from 8.0-21.1 cm and 5.1-108.2 g, respectively. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated for combined sexes as: L&infin; = 25.56, K = 0.136 and t<SUB>0</SUB> = -3.8289. Males and females matured at a total length of 11 cm and I year old. The spawning period occurred between July and October.
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