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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Journal of Ichthyology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Journal of Ichthyology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вопросы ихтиологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0042-8752</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-5146</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">650399</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0042875223020145</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">UPVPIU</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Unknown</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Age, Growth, Maturation and Mortality of Picarel Spicara flexuosa (Sparidae) from the Crimea Water Area (Black Sea)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Возраст, рост, созревание и смертность спикары <italic>Spicara flexuosa</italic> (Sparidae) из акватории Крыма (Чёрное море)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kutsyn</surname><given-names>D. N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Куцын</surname><given-names>Д. Н.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>makaira88@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Russia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт биологии южных морей РАН – ИнБЮМ РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-05-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>05</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>63</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>303</fpage><lpage>315</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-01-31"><day>31</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Д.Н. Куцын</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Д.Н. Куцын</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Д.Н. Куцын</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Д.Н. Куцын</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://transsyst.ru/0042-8752/article/view/650399">https://transsyst.ru/0042-8752/article/view/650399</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The results of the study of the sex and size-age structure, growth, maturation, sexual inversion, dynamics of the gonadosomatic index and mortality of 1948 individuals of the picarel Spicara flexuosa caught in the Crimea water area in 2020–2021 are presented. The total sex ratio in catches is biased towards females (3.5 : 1.0); sex inversion was recorded in 50% of females with a total body length of 13.5 ± 0.05 cm at the age of 3+. The maximum length of females is 15.1 cm, males, 22.0 cm; the weight is 29.0 and 132.2 g, respectively. The maximum age of females and males is 4 and 7 years, respectively. The values of the parameters of the von Bertalanffy equation are calculated: for females, the asymptotic length is 15.69 cm, the asymptotic weight is 32.0 g, the growth coefficient is 0.49 year–1; for males, 18.32 cm, 59.7 g and 0.44 year–1, respectively. A value of the exponent in the length-weight relationship is 2.68 for females (negative allometry) and 3.0 for males (isometry). The sexual maturity of 50% of females occurs at a length of 10.34 ± 0.21 cm at the age of 1+. The peak of spawning occurs in June. The rates of total, natural and fishing mortality are 1.2, 1.9 and 0.3 year–1, respectively in both sexes; the exploitation rate is 0.25, which indicates a low fishing pressure. It is established that S. flexuosa from northern populations is characterized by larger maximum sizes, a higher growth rate and a longer life expectancy</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p id="idm45181323920960">Приведены результаты исследования половой и размерно-возрастной структуры, роста, созревания, половой инверсии, динамики гонадосоматического индекса и смертности 1948 экз. спикары <italic>Spicara flexuosa</italic>, выловленных в акватории Крыма в 2020–2021 гг. Общее соотношение полов в уловах смещено в сторону самок (3.5 : 1.0), инверсия пола у 50% самок отмечена при общей длине тела 13.5 <italic>±</italic> 0.05 см в возрасте 3+. Максимальная длина самок составляет 15.1 см, самцов – 22.0 см; масса – соответственно 29.0 и 132.2 г. Предельный возраст самок и самцов – соответственно 4 и 7 лет. Рассчитаны значения параметров уравнения Берталанфи: для самок асимптотическая длина составляет 15.69 см, асимптотическая масса – 32.0 г, константа роста – 0.49 год<sup>–1</sup>; для самцов – соответственно 18.32 см, 59.7 г и 0.44 год<sup>–1</sup>. Значение показателя степени в уравнении зависимости массы от длины для самок составляет 2.68 (отрицательная аллометрия), для самцов – 3.00 (изометрия). Созревание 50% самок происходит при длине 10.34 <italic>±</italic> 0.21 см в возрасте 1+. Пик нереста приходится на июнь. Коэффициенты общей, естественной и промысловой смертности для обоих полов – соответственно 1.2, 1.9 и 0.3 год<sup>–1</sup>; коэффициент эксплуатации – 0.25, что свидетельствует о низкой промысловой нагрузке. Установлено, что для <italic>S. flexuosa</italic> северных популяций характерны бо́льшие максимальные размеры, более высокий темп роста и бо́льшая продолжительность жизни.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>picarel Spicara flexuosa</kwd><kwd>life cycle</kwd><kwd>age</kwd><kwd>growth</kwd><kwd>maturation</kwd><kwd>gonadosomatic index</kwd><kwd>mortality</kwd><kwd>Crimea</kwd><kwd>Black Sea</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>спикара <italic>Spicara flexuosa</italic></kwd><kwd>жизненный цикл</kwd><kwd>возраст</kwd><kwd>рост</kwd><kwd>созревание</kwd><kwd>гонадосоматический индекс</kwd><kwd>смертность</kwd><kwd>Крым</kwd><kwd>Чёрное море.</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Кожурин Е.А., Шляхов В.А., Губанов Е.П. 2018. Динамика уловов промысловых рыб Крыма в Чёрном море // Тр. ВНИРО. Т. 171. 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