The Growth and Reproduction of Two Sparidae, Pagrus caeruleostictus and Pagellus bellottii in Northern Mauritanian Waters (Eastern Tropical Atlantic)Gandega, Cheikhna Yero (Avtor) El Omrani, Nassima (Avtor) Rasheed, Rezan O. (Avtor) Ramdani, Mohammed (Avtor) Flower, Roger (Avtor) Pagrus caeruleostictusPagellus bellottiigrowthreproductionMauritaniaThe paper presents the growth and reproduction parameters for two Sparidae fish species studied in the coasts of northern Mauritania during 2020. The parameters were obtained using a total of 450 indiv. Of Pagrus caeruleostictus and 516 indiv. of Pagellus bellottii. The male to female ratio was 52.1% to 47.9% in P. caeruleostictus and 53.2% to 46.8% in P. bellottii. Sex products were observed from August to October for P. caeruleostictus. The spawning period extended from July to December for females and from August to November for males of P. bellottii, with a lag of one month between the sexes. Length at sexual maturity in P. caeruleostictus was 28.4 cm for males and 28.6 cm for females; and in P. bellottii 20.04 cm for males and 19.6 cm for females.20222026-07-31 15:48:15Delo ni kategorizirano31442slImetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji. CC BY-NC 4.0