“…Several studies have addressed basic life-history traits, age, growth, maturation and spawning of the Malabar blood snapper across southern, central and western parts of its range (Edwards, 1985; Newman et al ., 2000, 2002; Andamari et al ., 2004; Fry et al ., 2009; Fry and Milton, 2009; Masood and Farooq, 2011; Raeisi et al ., 2011; Mazumder et al ., 2016; Ernawati and Budiarti, 2019; Nurulludin et al ., 2019; Rapi et al ., 2019, 2020; Wibisono et al ., 2019; Ben-Hasan et al ., 2021). According to these studies, the life-history parameters of L. malabaricus may vary significantly, depending on the region.…”