Biological Parameters of Trachurus mediterraneus (Carangidae) off the Coast near Southwestern Crimea during the Period from 2020 to 2022
Journal: Journal of Ichthyology
Year: 2025

This paper presents the results of a study of the sex and size–age structure, growth, maturation, and dynamics of the gonadosomatic index and condition factor of Mediterranean horse mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) in the coastal waters of the Black Sea off southwestern Crimea in 2020–2022. A total of 2234 specimens have been studied, 879 of them being sexed. The male-to-female ratio (1.00 : 1.02) in the catches did not statistically differ from 1 : 1; no differences in grow