“…Although these species are commonly exploited in Turkish waters, little information is available on their biology except on age and growth (Karakulak and Oray, ), feeding (Karakulak et al., ), movements (De Metrio et al., ; Rooker et al., ) and reproduction (Karakulak et al., ; Corriero et al., ; Heinisch et al., ; Kahraman et al., ). Some biometry description of T. thynnus and E. alletteratus from the western Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean were reported (Frade, ; Genovese, ; Hajjej et al., , ; Tičina et al., ; Addis et al., ). However, the morphological traits of the early life of stages T. thynnus and E. alletteratus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea are unknown.…”