(VALENCIENNES, 1847), IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN ADRIATIC SEA

A total of 2,004 round sardinella, Sardinella aurita (Valenciennes, 1847) specimens were caught between November 2007 and January 2009 to analyse their nine morphometric characteristics. Monthly sampling was done from the purse seine catches in the middle eastern Adriatic Sea. The total length of males (N=983) varied from 11.5 to 28.0 cm (mean±SD =21.8 ± 3.21 cm), while it ranged from 11.0 to 32.5 cm (mean±SD=22.5 ± 3.67 cm) for females (N=1,021). A significant difference between the mean lengths of males and females was observed