Maturity studies for Engraulis encrasicolus
n = 30
Lm vs Linf graph
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Sex of fish Country Locality
- - 1.00 unsexed Black Sea
- - 1.00 unsexed Azov Sea
9.0 - - female Croatia Zrmanja River estuary (44°15'N, 15°30'E), 1989-91
8.2 - - male Croatia Zrmanja River estuary (44°15'N, 15°30'E), 1989-91
- 1.0 - 3.0 2.00 mixed Portugal Pranto River, May-September 1990
5.6 FL - - male Ghana Accra to Tema
5.7 FL - - female Ghana Accra to Tema
6.5 FL 5.5 - - 1.00 unsexed Russia Black Sea, northwestern coast, 1987-1992
7.4 SL - - unsexed Ghana Greater Accra and Volta regions/2014-2015
8.0 SL - - 1.00 unsexed North Sea
8.2 TL 6.7 - - 1.00 mixed Croatia Zrmanja River estuaury, Jan-Dec 2003
8.2 - - unsexed Italy Adriatic Sea
10.5 10.0 - 11.0 - unsexed Mediterranean (early spawners)
10.5 TL - - mixed Morocco from Safi to Agadir/2016
10.5 TL - 14.0 - female Spain Gulf of Cádiz, 1969-71
11.0 10.0 - 12.0 - unsexed France Bay of Biscay
11.1 TL 10.3 - 11.9 - 1.00 male Spain Bay of Cadiz (1989-1992)
11.2 - - unsexed Spain Gulf of Cadíz
11.2 - - unsexed Italy Strait of Sicily
11.2 TL 10.4 - 12.0 - 1.00 female Spain Bay of Cadiz (1989-1992)
11.5 11.0 - 12.0 1.0 - unsexed Italy Mediterranean (late spawners)
11.5 - - 1.00 unsexed France Bay of Biscay
11.5 - - unsexed Spain Bay of Biscay
12.5 - - 1.00 unsexed Mediterranean Sea
12.5 TL - 13.5 - male Spain Gulf of Cádiz, 1969-71
13.0 TL - - female France Gulf of Biscay
13.0 TL - - male France Gulf of Biscay
13.5 13.0 - 14.0 1.0 - unsexed Denmark North Sea
13.7 - - 1.00 unsexed Bay of Biscay
14.3 - - 1.00 unsexed Spain Bay of Biscay, 1987-1994 (spring)
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