A New Maximum Size Record of Striped Red Mullet Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 From the Coast off Benghazi, Libya (Southern Mediterranean)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A New Maximum Size Record of Striped Red Mullet Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 From the Coast off Benghazi, Libya (Southern Mediterranean)

Published:2023-03-22 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:123-127
ISSN:2147-9666
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Author:

SAID Mona¹^ORCID,JENJAN Hussein¹^ORCID,ELBARAASİ Houssein¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Benghazi, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Benghazi, Libya

Abstract

A specimen of Mullus surmuletus with 33.6 cm in total length and 398.3 g in total weight was captured with trammel nets along with other Striped red mullet fish by fisherman off the coast of Benghazi, Libya (Southern Mediterranean) on November 14, 2022. It had the longest length and heaviest weight ever recorded for a Striped red mullet in the Southern Mediterranean off the coast of Libya.

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Marine Science and Technology Bulletin

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General Medicine

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