The present study was undertaken not only to register the new recently noticed maximum age and total length of Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758), contributing to the knowledge of this species in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea inclusively. A painted comber specimen of 323 mm of total length and age 16 years was caught during August 2008 in the Lavdra Channel (middle-eastern Adriatic Sea).Jedinka pirke Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) je ulovljena uz sjeverozapadnu obalu otoka
Mala Lavadra (istočni dio srednjeg Jadrana). Totalna dužina tijela kao i starost ulovljene pirke je
najveća zabilježena do sada na području njenog rasprostranjenja i iznosila je 323 mm odnosno 16
godina

Armin PALLAORO

Barbara ZORICA

Gorenka SINOVČIĆ

Vanja ČIKEŠ KEČ

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ZORICA, Barbara

PALLAORO, Armin

SINOVČIĆ, Gorenka

ČIKEŠ KEČ, Vanja

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ISSN: 0001-5113AADRAYACTA ADRIAT.,51(2): 223 - 226, 2010 UDC: 594.1 (497.5) (262.3)Recent data of maximum age and length of painted comber Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) in Mediterranean Sea  Barbara ZORICA*, Armin PALLAORO, Gorenka SINOVČIĆ and Vanja ČIKEŠ KEČInstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries, P.O. Box 500, 21 000 Split, Croatia*Corresponding author, e-mail: zorica@izor.hrThe present study was undertaken not only to register the new recently noticed maximum age and total length of Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758), contributing to the knowledge of this species in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea inclusively. A painted comber specimen of 323 mm of total length and age 16 years was caught during August 2008 in the Lavdra Channel (middle-eastern Adriatic Sea).Key words: Serranus scriba, Serranidae, maximum length, maximum age, Adriatic Sea,                     MediterraneanINTRODUCTIONIn fisheries science, theoretical parameters such as maximum length, weight and age are very important as they directly and indirectly enter into most of the models used in stock assessments (BORGES, 2001). Thereupon, updat-ing the maximum size of a species that might become commercially exploited is significant. Painted comber, Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758), is a subtropical species, which is found in the Eastern Atlantic from the English Chan-nel and the Bay of Biscay to the Canary Islands and the Western Sahara, around the Azores and Madeira as well as in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. It is a benthic species found on rocky, muddy and algal or seagrass overgrow-ing substrates, down to the depths of 150 m but usually only down to 30 m (MAIGRET & LY, 1986; BAUCHOT, 1987). This species is known as simul-taneous hermaphrodite, which tends to spawn from early spring to early summer (FEBVRE et al., 1975; FISHER & PETERSEN, 1987). This specimen was captured on August 3, 2008 off the northwest coast of Lavadra Mala (43º55’N and 15º13’E) by a fishhook at a depth of 3.5 m. All lengths of the specimen were measured up to the nearest 0.1 cm and weighed with an electric balance to the nearest 0.1 g. The sagittal otolith was removed by opening the otic bulla under the operculum, washed in freshwa-ter and stored in plastic tube prior to ageing. The fish was dissected for determination of sex and the gonads of the specimen were taken for histological analysis. Afterwards, specimen was preserved in formaldehyde and deposited in the ichthyologic collection of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split, Croatia (IOR-16). The specimen measured 323 mm total length and weighted 456.7 g. The main morphometric and meristic data are reported in Table 1. Broad opaque and narrow hyaline zones of painted comber otolith alternated out of the nucleus of the sagittae. According to the total number of hyaline zones that were recorded and considered to be annuli, this specimen was 16 years old (Fig. 1). Histological analysis confirmed that this specimen was a matured hermaphrodite. 224  ACTA ADRIATICA, 51(2): 223 - 226, 2010The observed total length as well as the age are the maximal ones recorded for the species Serranus scriba in the area of its distribution. Namely, only TUSET et al. (2005) reported maxi-mal total length of 290 mm, which was 11 year old, for the painted comber population that inhabits Central-Eastern Atlantic. In the Adriatic Sea MILIŠIĆ (2007) published that the maximal total length of S. scriba was slightly lower than noted in this paper. The specimen had typical biometrical features of the species reported by ZORICA et al. (2010). ACKNOwLeDgeMeNTSThe study was supported by the MINIS-TRY OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND SPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, as a part of the research project “Biodiversity and management of pelagic and demersal resources of the Adriatic Sea (001-0013077-0532)”. The authors wish to thank Mr. Ivo DOBRIĆ for providing us with the examined specimen.Fig. 1. Otolith of 16  years old S. scribaTable 1. Morphologic and meristic characters of S.scriba specimen collected in middle-eastern Adriatic Sea, 2008Morphologic characters (mm)Total length 323Standard length 269Preanal distance 173Head length 95Preocular head length 35Eye diameter 13Maximum body height 98Minimum body height 33Length of dorsal fin basis 141Length of anal fin basis 40Length of pectoral fin 73Length of ventral fin 57Meristic charactersNumber of rays in dorsal fin X-17 Number of rays in anal fin III-8 Number of rays in pectoral fin 13 Number of rays in ventral fin I-6 Number of rays in caudal fin 18 Number of scales on linea lateralis 67225 Zorica et al.: Recent data of maximum age and length of Serranus scriba in Mediterranean Sea ReFeReNCeSBORGES, L. 2001. A new maximum length for the snipefish Macroramphosus scolopax. Cybium, 25(2): 191-192.BAUCHOT, M.L. 1987. Serranidae. In: W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot & M. Schneider (Editors). Fiches FAO d’identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche (Révision 1). Mediterranée et Mer Noire. (Zone de Pêche 37). Vol. 2., Rome, FAO, pp. 1301- 1319.FEBVRE, M., M. MICHELE & M. LAFAURIE. 1975. Comparaison de la sequence ovogénétique chez des Téléostéens ovipares gonochor-iques et hermaphrodites (Mullus, Serra-nus, Boops). P. S. Z. N. I.: Mar. Ecol., 39: 140–152.FISHER, W. & C.W. PETERSEN. 1987. The evolution of sexual patterns in the Sea basses. Space use and behavior can predict whether a species has harems or is monogamous and hermaphroditic. BioScience, 37: 482–489.MAIGRET, J. & B. LY. 1986. Les poissons de mer de Mauritanie (Fishes of Mauritania). Science Nat., p. 213.MILIŠIĆ, N. 2007. The Adriatic life under the sea surfice. Marjan tisak d.o.o., Split, (in Croatian), 463 pp.TUSET, V.M., M.M. GARCÍA-DÍAZ, J.A. GONZÁLEZ, M.J. LORENTE & I.J. LOZANO. 2005. Repro-duction and growth of the painted comber Serranus scriba (Serranidae) of the Marine Reserve of Lanzarote Island (Central-East-ern Atlantic). Est. Coast. Shelf  Sci., 64(2-3): 335-346.ZORICA, B., G. SINOVČIĆ & I. JARDAS. 2010. Biom-etry of Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Adriatic Sea. Period. Biol., 112: 139-143.ZORICA, B., G. SINOVČIĆ, A. PALLAORO & V. ČIKEŠ KEČ. 2006. Reproductive biology and length– weight relationship of painted comber, Ser-ranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Trogir-Bay area (middle-eastern Adriatic). J. Appl. Ichthyol., 22: 260–263.Received: 25 February 2010Accepted: 21 October 2010226  ACTA ADRIATICA, 51(2): 223 - 226, 2010Najnoviji podatci o maksimalnoj zabilježenoj starosti i dužini pirke Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) u Mediteranu Barbara ZORICA*, Armin PALLAORO, Gorenka SINOVČIĆ i Vanja ČIKEŠ KEČInstitut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, P. P. 500, 21 000 Split, Hrvatska*Kontakt adresa, e-mail: zorica@izor.hrSAŽeTAKJedinka pirke Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) je ulovljena uz sjeverozapadnu obalu otoka Mala Lavadra (istočni dio srednjeg Jadrana). Totalna dužina tijela kao i starost  ulovljene pirke je najveća zabilježena do sada na području njenog rasprostranjenja i iznosila je 323 mm odnosno 16 godina. Ključne riječi: Serranus scriba, Serranidae, najveća dužina, maksimalna starost, Jadran,                         Mediteran

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