Relationship between otolith size and fish total length of <i>Saurida lessepsianus</i> Russell, Golani and Tikochinski, 2015 collected from the coast of Muğla province, Aegean Sea, Türkiye

Abstract The relationship between fish total length and otolith length, width and weight was studied in the synodontid species Saurida lessepsianus collected from the coast of Muğla province, Aegean Sea, Türkiye. Saurida lessepsianus is regarded as a marketable fish in Türkiye. The objective of the study at hand was to evaluate the statistical association between fish total length and the otolith length, width and weight. This evidence will be significant in future investigations on the biology of this species, which will offer the key data about feeding, age and growth of this species. Linear and non‐linear regression models were utilized. The results obtained from this examination were the first to address the relationship between otolith traits and total length for S. lessepsianus collected from Turkish marine waters.