Abstract
A single specimen of Oblada melanura with 29.1 cm in total length and 390.00 g in total weight was obtained off Gökçeada Island (Northern Aegean Sea, Turkey) with gill nets by fisherman on February 2, 2020. Its length and weight were the maximum length record of saddled seabream for Northern Aegean coasts of Turkey.
Highlights
The saddled bream (Oblada melanura Linnaeus, 1758) is common throughout the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, inhabiting littoral waters above rocky bottoms and posidonia beds, up to 30 m depth (Bauchot and Hureau, 1986)
Metabolic rate is inversely related to body size, whereas total food intake is positively related to body size
This study presents the maximum length of O. melanura for the Northern Aegean coasts of Turkey
Summary
The saddled bream (Oblada melanura Linnaeus, 1758) is common throughout the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, inhabiting littoral waters above rocky bottoms and posidonia beds, up to 30 m depth (Bauchot and Hureau, 1986). Throughout the world, the information on the growth and reproductive of O. melanura were given by Zaki et al (1995) and Mahmoud (2010) from Egypt, by Pallaoro et al (1998) from Eastern Adriatic. The feeding habits were studied by Pallaoro et al (2003, 2004), as a summary. Accurate estimates of the maximum size of fish in a population are important for biologists and ecologists because biological rates and ecological functions are size-specific (Peters, 1983; Pope et al, 2005). Maximum length or weight is a key component in many fishery models, such as the von Bertlanffy and Gompertz growth models (Quinn and Deriso, 1999). This study presents the maximum length of O. melanura for the Northern Aegean coasts of Turkey
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