Speckled shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros), is a commercially important prawn in the embayments and estuaries of the Mediterranean Sea. It is originally a Lessepsian species which had migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. This study was carried out in the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea between November 2009 and October 2010 with monthly sampling of speckled shrimps, by bottom trawl operations. Totally 784 specimens of this shrimp were studied, and the male/female ratio was determined as 1:1.4. The minimum size at first maturity for females was measured as 74 mm TL, and 50% of the female population were mature at about 110 mm (TL50%). It was also determined that female shrimps had developed their eggs between June to October, with two peak spawning periods between June-July, and August and October.
Manaşırlı, M. (2015). Some properties reproductive of the speckled shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) in the North-eastern Mediterranean. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 14(2), 485-493. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2018.114457
MLA
M Manaşırlı. "Some properties reproductive of the speckled shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) in the North-eastern Mediterranean". Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 14, 2, 2015, 485-493. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2018.114457
HARVARD
Manaşırlı, M. (2015). 'Some properties reproductive of the speckled shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) in the North-eastern Mediterranean', Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 14(2), pp. 485-493. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2018.114457
VANCOUVER
Manaşırlı, M. Some properties reproductive of the speckled shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros Fabricius, 1798) in the North-eastern Mediterranean. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 2015; 14(2): 485-493. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2018.114457
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