Study of some biological features of Mullets in Iranian coasts of the Caspian sea

In this study, 374 specimen of mullet, belonging to Liza aurata and Liza saliens species, were collected from 4 different stations of southern coasts of the Caspian Sea including Anzali, Kiashahr, Bablsar and Bandar torkaman. Different parameters such as Length-weight relationship, Growth pattern, condition factor, Von Bertalanffy growth parameters, age and sex were investigated in the present study. ANOVA revealed no significant difference as regard to the length and weight among 4 investigated locations (P>0.05). L∞ was estimated 54.7 cm and 40.07 for Golden and Sharpnose mullets respectively. The significant differences among some factors like condition factor (K) could attributed to environmental variation in the Caspian Sea.