AGE, GROWTH, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF TURBOT, SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: PLEURONECTIFORMES: SCOPHTHALMIDAE), FROM THE SOUTH-WESTERN COASTS OF BLACK SEA, TURKEY

Eryilmaz L., Dalyan C.

ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA, vol.45, pp.181-188, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3750/aip2014.45.2.08
  • Journal Name: ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.181-188
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background. The turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758), is of high economical value in Turkey and its biological characteristics have hitherto not been studied in the South-western Black Sea. The purpose of this study was to determine the age and growth, length-weight relation, condition factor, sex ratio, age and length at first maturity, and reproduction period of the turbot in the south-western Black Sea coast of Turkey.