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

Authors : Mona SAID, Hussein JENJAN, Houssein ELBARAASİ

Pages : 123-127

Doi:10.33714/masteb.1245921

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Publication Date : 2023-03-22

Article Type : Other Papers

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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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.
Keywords : Benghazi Libya, Maximum size, Mullus surmuletus, Striped red mullet