Age, Growth, Maturation, and Mortality of Red Mullet Mullus barbatus (Mullidae) of Crimea, the Black Sea
Journal: Journal of Ichthyology
Year: 2022

The work examines the sex and size-age structure, growth, dynamics of maturation, and mortality of red mullet Mullus barbatus from the Crimean water area. Ratio of sexes in the M. barbatus catches is shifted toward females (1 : 0.72). The maximum total length and maximum age is 21.4 cm and 6 years old in females and 15.8 cm and 4 years old in males. Pronounced differences have been established between sexes with respect to growth. Values of parameters were calculated of the von Bertalanffy equat