Morphological and histological study of gonads during the reproductive cycle and the dynamics of sex inversion in Lithognathus mormyrus in the coastal waters of Lattakia Governorate.

This research was carried out on 314 individuals of L. mormyrus fish caught in front of the shores of Lattakia Governorate (Al-Basit - Lattakia area - Jableh) during the period from 20-9-2012 until 16-9-2013 by different fishing methods used locally, especially the gulsim lined nets. and cages.