Weight-Length Relationships with Maximum Length Record of Striped Sea Bream (Lithognathus mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758) for Turkish Seas

Abstract

This study has been carried out between January 2018 and December 2018 in Saros Bay (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey). A single specimen of L. mormyrus with maximum length (35.2 cm in total length and 400.00 g in total weight) was caught with trammel nets by fisherman on 15 December 2018. The weight-length relationship was calculated as W = 0.0335TL^2.68 for all samples. The aim of this study is to present the maximum size record of the species for the Turkish seas.

Keywords

• Lithognathus mormyrus,Striped sea bream,Maximum length,Saros Bay

Türkiye Denizleri için Mırmır Balığı’nın (Lithognathus mormyrus Linnaeus, 1758) Maksimum Boy Kaydı ve Ağırlık-Boy İlişkisi

Öz

Bu çalışma Ocak 2018-Aralık 2018 tarihleri arasında Saros Körfezi’nde (Kuzey Ege Denizi, Türkiye) yürütülmüştür. Maksimum boya sahip bir adet mırmır balığı (35.2 cm toplam boy ve 400.00 gr toplam ağırlık) 15 Aralık 2018 tarihinde balıkçılar yardımıyla fanyalı ağlarla yakalanmıştır. Tüm bireyler için ağırlık-boy ilişkisi W = 0.0335TL^2.68 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye denizleri için türün maksimum boy kaydını sunmaktadır. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Lithognathus mormyrus,Mırmır,Maksimum boy,Saros Körfezi

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