On the fecundity of the bogue Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Turkish Aegean Sea

Gonadal development and fecundity of bogue Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sparidae) on the central Algerian coast

“…The percentage of hermaphroditic fish in the B. boops population remains low in the Mediterranean Sea (Table 7). It is close to that reported by Taylan and Bayhan (2015) in the Aegean Sea (Turkey). Hermaphroditism is considered rudimentary by D' Ancona (1949) and Reinboth (1962).…”

“…These results are consistent with the work of Girardin (1981) in the Gulf of Lion, that of Lamrini (1998) in Morocco, and that of Derbal et al (2007) in Algeria. In contrast, our results were significantly higher than those of other authors, such as Larrañeta (1953), Hassan (1990), El-Agamy et al (2004), and Taylan and Bayhan (2015) (Table 8). Lamrini (1998) estimated the average absolute fecundity as 124,740 and relative fecundity as about 622 and considered that it was quite high compared to other Sparidae species.…”

“…The female sex ratio (76.76%) concords with those found in works done in the Mediterranean Sea (Chali-Chabane, 1988;Gordo, 1995;Lamrini, 1998; , 2006;Derbal et al, 2007). Other authors (Anato, 1984;Bottari et al, 2014;Taylan and Bayhan, 2015) mentioned different results from ours. The proportion of females, much higher than that of males, could be explained by lifestyle, related to B. boops pelagic or demersal bathymetry, or by the selectivity of fishing gears.…”

On the Fecundity of the Bogue, Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Northern Sicilian Coast (Central Mediterranean)

“…The bogue, Boops boops [1], is a teleost belonging to the Sparidae family. This species lives in the eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Angola, and throughout the Mediterranean Sea, including the Black Sea [2].…”