STEROID HORMONES OF MUGIL SEHELI IN SUEZ BA Y (PROGESTERON & ESTRADIOL)

STEROID HORMONES OF MUGIL SEHELI IN SUEZ BA Y
(PROGESTERON & ESTRADIOL)
BY
EL-GHARABAWY, M.M· ZAKl, M.l., SALEM, S.B. ,
EL-SHORBAGY,I.K. AND K.F. EL-BORAY,
“National Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries, Alexandria – EGYPT.
Key Words: Steroid hormones, MugU smli, Suez Bay, Red Sea.
ABSTRACT
Plasma estradiol hormone in female MugU seheli in Suez Bay reaches to
maximum value in ripe stage (1J. /n male, plasma estradiol hormone
increasedfrom immature to maturing stage and then decrease in the spawning
stage. The levels qfestradiol hormone infemale was higher than that in male.
Plasma progesterone hormone infemale MugU seheli reaches to maximum
value ill ripe stage (1]. The levels ofprogesterone hormone in female are
higher than that in male.