“…These results were in agreement with the previous studies that recorded by (El-Drawany, 2012) for U. moluccensis in Elkhoms coast of Libya; (Ismen, 2005) in Üskenderun Bay, the Eastern Mediterranean; (Torcu and mater, 2000) in the Fethiye and Mersin Gulfs; Ozvarol et al, (2010) in the Gulf of Antalya and Kaya et al, (1999) in south Aegean. Emel'yanovaa et al, (2015) concluded that goatfishes are pelagic spawning and the maturity stages progression with the time of spawning in summer. Cole et al, (2009) concluded that the spawning period of the yellow stripe goatfish (M. flavolineatus) and the yellow fin (M. vanicolensis) was from April through July, as they have an extended spawning season.…”