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1 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc Capture production by species items Mediterranean and Black Sea C-37 Poissons, crustacés, mollusques, etc Captures par catégories d'espèces Méditerranée et mer Noire (a) Peces, crustáceos, moluscos, etc Capturas por categorías de especies Mediterráneo y Mar Negro English name Scientific name Species group Nom anglais Nom scientifique Groupe d'espèces 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Nombre inglés Nombre científico Grupo de especies t t t t t t t Freshwater bream Abramis brama 11 495 335 336 108 47 7 10 Common carp Cyprinus carpio 11 3 1 - 2 3 4 4 Roach Rutilus rutilus 11 1 1 2 7 11 12 5 Roaches nei Rutilus spp 11 13 78 73 114 72 83 47 Sichel Pelecus cultratus 11 105 228 276 185 147 52 39 Cyprinids nei Cyprinidae 11 - - 167 159 95 141 226 European perch Perca fluviatilis 13 - - - 1 1 - - Percarina Percarina demidoffi 13 - - - - 18 15 202 Pike-perch Stizostedion lucioperca 13 3 031 2 568 2 956 3 504 3 293 2 097 1 043 Freshwater fishes nei Osteichthyes 13 - - - 17 - 249 - Danube sturgeon(=Osetr) Acipenser gueldenstaedtii 21 114 36 20 8 10 3 3 Sterlet sturgeon Acipenser ruthenus 21 - - 0 - - - - Starry sturgeon Acipenser stellatus 21 13 11 5 3 5 1 1 Beluga Huso huso 21 12 10 1 0 4 1 3 Sturgeons nei Acipenseridae 21 290 185 59 22 23 14 8 European eel Anguilla anguilla 22 917 682 464 602 642 648 522 Salmonoids nei Salmonoidei 23 26 - - 0 - - 7 Pontic shad Alosa pontica 24 153 48 15 21 112 68 115 Shads nei Alosa spp 24 2 742 2 640 2 095 2 929 3 984 2 831 3 645 Azov sea sprat Clupeonella cultriventris 24 3 496 10 862 12 006 27 777 27 239 17 743 14 538 Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 25 - - - 8 4 6 1 European plaice Pleuronectes platessa 31 - 0 6 7 7 5 5 European flounder Platichthys flesus 31 69 62 56 29 29 11 43 Common sole Solea solea 31 5 047 4 179 5 169 4 972 5 548 6 273 5 619 Wedge sole Dicologlossa cuneata 31 ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Soles nei Soleidae 31 - 18 14 12 18 14 19 Megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis 31 118 108 202 205 190 166 218 Brill Scophthalmus rhombus 31 22 24 26 26 30 27 59 Turbot Psetta maxima 31 2 178 2 125 2 967 2 802 869 667 687 Turbots nei Scophthalmidae 31 528 478 643 622 482 610 561 Flatfishes nei Pleuronectiformes 31 3 102 3 475 2 079 2 199 1 635 1 189 1 676 Blue ling Molva dypterygia 32 1 - - - - - - Greater forkbeard Phycis blennoides 32 346 209 129 89 406 417 408 Forkbeards nei Phycis spp 32 - - - - - - 238 Rocklings nei Gaidropsarus spp 32 ... 20 19 19 39 19 20 Poor cod Trisopterus minutus 32 428 926 1 562 1 218 1 478 1 191 1 205 Pouting(=Bib) Trisopterus luscus 32 402 380 275 194 58 142 159 Blue whiting(=Poutassou) Micromesistius poutassou 32 32 278 23 530 26 317 27 933 14 906 11 909 9 664 Whiting Merlangius merlangus 32 14 030 14 643 18 661 11 045 9 775 8 609 8 616 European hake Merluccius merluccius 32 26 545 24 144 22 558 23 322 21 680 21 305 21 885 Gadiformes nei Gadiformes 32 1 341 789 871 1 097 317 395 80 Brushtooth lizardfish Saurida undosquamis 33 37 48 21 24 24 20 154 Lizardfishes nei Synodontidae 33 1 138 1 387 1 535 1 130 1 109 968 929 Morays Muraenidae 33 - - - - - - 11 Flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus 33 3 449 2 368 3 861 1 679 3 048 2 164 3 397 So-iuy mullet Mugil soiuy 33 3 661 5 174 5 406 2 428 2 510 2 274 4 731 Golden grey mullet Liza aurata 33 ... ... ... ... 7 1 - Leaping mullet Liza saliens 33 2 2 0 10 18 16 8 Mullets nei Mugilidae 33 37 515 37 904 38 074 34 913 29 240 25 020 26 813 Dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus 33 833 303 290 449 468 360 421 Groupers nei Epinephelus spp 33 4 793 5 865 5 139 5 063 5 364 5 061 4 905 Groupers, seabasses nei Serranidae 33 4 483 1 791 1 023 1 147 1 177 1 937 1 461 Spotted seabass Dicentrarchus punctatus 33 135 203 186 238 556 751 477 European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax 33 2 927 3 309 3 698 4 412 5 794 5 767 5 407 Seabasses nei Dicentrarchus spp 33 4 486 4 196 2 480 1 528 1 686 1 478 1 383 Rubberlip grunt Plectorhinchus mediterraneus 33 4 - - 2 13 13 61 Brown meagre Sciaena umbra 33 240 186 128 161 148 168 102 Shi drum Umbrina cirrosa 33 386 386 289 393 341 265 222 Canary drum (=Baardman) Umbrina canariensis 33 - - - - - - 19 Meagre Argyrosomus regius 33 804 960 937 1 274 1 644 1 625 2 846 Croakers, drums nei Sciaenidae 33 18 29 164 42 64 33 58 Blackspot(=red) seabream Pagellus bogaraveo 33 20 38 38 38 51 51 44 Common pandora Pagellus erythrinus 33 4 803 4 622 5 618 4 924 4 865 5 586 5 731 Axillary seabream Pagellus acarne 33 670 339 284 206 257 228 163 Pandoras nei Pagellus spp 33 2 131 2 756 3 252 3 339 3 065 2 449 2 475 White seabream Diplodus sargus 33 433 640 695 529 962 653 821 Sargo breams nei Diplodus spp 33 5 183 6 449 5 763 5 365 5 028 2 044 2 148 Large-eye dentex Dentex macrophthalmus 33 535 497 378 318 347 357 485 Common dentex Dentex dentex 33 1 237 1 172 1 241 767 831 868 920 Black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus 33 348 416 278 259 433 380 236 Saddled seabream Oblada melanura 33 794 734 822 590 604 710 684 Red porgy Pagrus pagrus 33 2 740 4 338 3 368 1 741 2 453 2 178 2 387 Pargo breams nei Pagrus spp 33 703 751 614 672 770 578 669 Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata 33 4 568 5 751 5 286 6 026 6 879 6 977 7 271 Bogue Boops boops 33 27 906 24 800 25 681 23 691 25 848 27 327 25 585 Sand steenbras Lithognathus mormyrus 33 1 184 1 004 1 006 1 090 949 944 889 Salema Sarpa salpa 33 2 235 1 963 1 802 1 798 2 038 1 947 1 793 Porgies, seabreams nei Sparidae 33 7 774 9 518 9 388 9 815 9 516 10 162 9 599 Blotched picarel Spicara maena 33 395 419 255 381 593 241 418 Picarels nei Spicara spp 33 13 147 9 324 8 192 8 928 7 194 7 476 7 451 Surmullet Mullus surmuletus 33 9 376 9 985 10 582 10 567 9 897 9 815 10 333 Red mullet Mullus barbatus 33 4 878 5 618 4 433 5 667 5 159 5 391 5 149 2 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc Capture production by species items Mediterranean and Black Sea C-37 Poissons, crustacés, mollusques, etc Captures par catégories d'espèces Méditerranée et mer Noire (a) Peces, crustáceos, moluscos, etc Capturas por categorías de especies Mediterráneo y Mar Negro English name Scientific name Species group Nom anglais Nom scientifique Groupe d'espèces 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Nombre inglés Nombre científico Grupo de especies t t t t t t t Surmullets(=Red mullets) nei Mullus spp 33 14 419 18 240 17 935 15 867 14 425 13 608 15 067 Parrotfishes nei Scaridae 33 78 58 33 42 55 26 31 Sandeels(=Sandlances) nei Ammodytes spp 33 283 368 308 106 428 238 403 Greater weever Trachinus draco 33 207 24 53 80 85 90 173 Black goby Gobius niger 33 - - 1 1 1 1 6 Gobies nei Gobiidae 33 1 917 2 682 2 353 3 085 5 331 8 463 15 169 Spinefeet(=Rabbitfishes) nei Siganus spp 33 425 510 643 940 1 101 882 752 Grey triggerfish Balistes carolinensis 33 58 34 50 62 101 126 146 Argentines Argentina spp 34 145 352 150 184 210 293 148 European conger Conger conger 34 2 923 3 122 2 578 2 746 2 450 1 948 2 004 Alfonsinos nei Beryx spp 34 - - 8 - - - - John dory Zeus faber 34 531 418 385 502 397 330 334 Wreckfish Polyprion americanus 34 15 37 35 12 63 17 17 Red bandfish Cepola macrophthalma 34 - - - - - 1 194 Oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus 34 - - - - - - 7 Largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus 34 775 711 809 1 107 1 096 694 588 Silver scabbardfish Lepidopus caudatus 34 1 713 1 830 707 3 421 1 053 1 201 524 Ruffs, barrelfishes nei Centrolophidae 34 - - - - - - 8 Scorpionfishes nei Scorpaenidae 34 2 453 1 842 2 017 2 293 2 754 2 405 2 483 Tub gurnard Chelidonichthys lucerna 34 ... ... 79 68 27 35 35 Red gurnard Aspitrigla cuculus 34 ... ... 184 162 313 279 363 Grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus 34 1 067 1 159 1 090 782 627 390 526 Gurnards, searobins nei Triglidae 34 4 672 4 168 3 295 3 230 3 511 3 559 3 710 Angler(=Monk) Lophius piscatorius 34 3 982 3 825 4 317 4 269 3 566 3 721 4 376 Demersal percomorphs nei Perciformes 34 629 549 1 276 1 233 3 980 339 294 Round sardinella Sardinella aurita 35 557 306 88 117 143 172 128 Sardinellas nei Sardinella spp 35 59 904 78 560 70 742 92 306 69 339 66 190 68 777 Red-eye round herring Etrumeus teres 35 - 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    Length-Weight Relationship and Growth of the Striped Seabream Lithognathus Mormyrus

    International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Vol.2, No.2, pp.19-27, June 2016 ___Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.eajournals.org) LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP AND GROWTH OF THE STRIPED SEABREAM LITHOGNATHUS MORMYRUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM AL HANEAH FISH LANDING SITE, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EASTERN LIBYA Ramadan A. S. Ali1, Eyman Faraj Abd Alssalam1, Sayed Mohamed Ali1*, Mohammad El Sayed El Sayed El Mor1,2 and Mohammed El-Mabrouk1 1Department of Zoology, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al Bayda, Libya 2Suez Canal University, Department of Marine Biology, Egypt ABSTRACT: Length-weight relationship and growth characteristics of the striped Seabream Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) was established using 164 fish collected from Al- Haneah (eastern Libya, Mediterranean Sea) artisanal catch during March to October 2015. The power relationship between total weight (W in gm) and total length (L in cm) for L. ^3.0008 mormyrus was highly isometric: W = 0.0132L (R2 = 0.8291). The length based von Bertalanffy equation of the order: Lt = L∞ (1 – exp (-K (t –t0 ))) was Lt = 30.465 (1 – exp (- 0.159 (t + 2.5435))). The weight based equation was Wt = 374.2523 (1 – exp (- 0.159 (t + 2.5435))) 3.0008. The growth index was low: ɸ = 2.169. KEYWORDS: Striped Seabream, Sand Steenbras, Lithognathus Mormyrus, Length-Weight Relationship, Von Bertalanffy Growth Equation, Mediterranean Sea, Libya INTRODUCTION L. mormyrus, Family: Sparidae, is a medium size fish demersal on sandy bottoms of subtropical littoral waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean sea, the Red sea and the southwestern Indian Ocean.
  • Defensive Behaviors of Deep-Sea Squids: Ink Release, Body Patterning, and Arm Autotomy

    Defensive Behaviors of Deep-Sea Squids: Ink Release, Body Patterning, and Arm Autotomy

    Defensive Behaviors of Deep-sea Squids: Ink Release, Body Patterning, and Arm Autotomy by Stephanie Lynn Bush A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Integrative Biology in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in Charge: Professor Roy L. Caldwell, Chair Professor David R. Lindberg Professor George K. Roderick Dr. Bruce H. Robison Fall, 2009 Defensive Behaviors of Deep-sea Squids: Ink Release, Body Patterning, and Arm Autotomy © 2009 by Stephanie Lynn Bush ABSTRACT Defensive Behaviors of Deep-sea Squids: Ink Release, Body Patterning, and Arm Autotomy by Stephanie Lynn Bush Doctor of Philosophy in Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley Professor Roy L. Caldwell, Chair The deep sea is the largest habitat on Earth and holds the majority of its’ animal biomass. Due to the limitations of observing, capturing and studying these diverse and numerous organisms, little is known about them. The majority of deep-sea species are known only from net-caught specimens, therefore behavioral ecology and functional morphology were assumed. The advent of human operated vehicles (HOVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have allowed scientists to make one-of-a-kind observations and test hypotheses about deep-sea organismal biology. Cephalopods are large, soft-bodied molluscs whose defenses center on crypsis. Individuals can rapidly change coloration (for background matching, mimicry, and disruptive coloration), skin texture, body postures, locomotion, and release ink to avoid recognition as prey or escape when camouflage fails. Squids, octopuses, and cuttlefishes rely on these visual defenses in shallow-water environments, but deep-sea cephalopods were thought to perform only a limited number of these behaviors because of their extremely low light surroundings.