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A NEW MAXIMUM LENGTH FOR THE PARROTFISH, Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA | Abstract
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A NEW MAXIMUM LENGTH FOR THE PARROTFISH, Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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Halit FILIZ, Nail SEVINGEL

A female specimen of the Sparisoma cretense (Lin-naeus, 1758), with 52.0 cm total length and 2200.0 g total weight, was caught on the 26th July 2013 at Ka-raburun (Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea). Its total length and weight were the maximum observed values for the species in Mediterranean Sea.

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