“…Among the topics investigated were: parasite fauna (Euzet and Ktari 1970), reproduction and length-weight relations (Chakroun-Marzouk and Ktari 1995, 2006, Kapiris et al 2008, reproduction and feeding habits (Fehri-Bedoui and Gharbi 2008), fish condition, and reproductive biology (Villegas-Hernández et al 2015). Only two studies deal with life history and growth of Pomadasys incisus in the Canary Islands (Pajuelo et al 2003a(Pajuelo et al , 2003b, but the growth of this species is unknown in the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, the presently reported study represents the first attempt to determine the age and growth of the bastard grunt in the southern Mediterranean.…”