Volume 6 - No: 3
The New Maximum Length of the Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Turkish Coast of Black Sea
- Mehmet Aydın
Department of Fisheries Technology Engineering, Fatsa Faculty of Marine Sciences, Ordu University, Ordu 52400, Turkey
- Uğur Karadurmuş
Department of Underwater Technology, Maritime Vocational School, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir 10200, Turkey
ukaradurmus@bandirma.edu.tr
Keywords: Largest individual, Length, Weight, Age, Soleidae
Abstract
In this study, a female specimen of common sole (Solea solea) with 36.7 cm in total length and 466.0 g in total weight was caught off Ordu region (eastern Black Sea, Turkey) with trammel net at 10 m water depth on May 6, 2021. The age of specimen was determined to be 6 years old. Measured total length were the maximum value of Solea solea in the Turkish coast of Black Sea.