Sayı 11- Ocak/Mart 2013 - Antalya Rehberler Odası

land of Malta. The largest catchescome from the middle of the Mediterranean,around this island.The sex of the fish occurs duringthe first 6 months. So you can notname the fish as being either amale or female when they hatchfrom the egg. Individuals whichhave reached 4 or 5 years of agehave a weight ranging from 7 to13 kg. with the male individualslarger, the females smaller.They have 58 to 66 spines ontheir spine fins. And there are 25to 31 soft spines extending fromthe anus to the tail. Their sidefins are sickle-like in shape. Theyremind of the tarragon. The tail isin the form of a deep fork, and isreminiscent of the tail of the LichiaAmia, a type of Leer Fish.Dorados weighing 40 kg. andabove have been caught. Phosphorussquid rapalas are alwaysbait for the large dorados.The most important characteristicof the dorado - especiallymale individuals - isthe head structure whichbecomes larger to the frontas it grows, reminiscent ofan ax head.It has a head rather similar to thehead of the large Napoleon fish.And their colors are as if from thebrush of an Impressionist artists.They might have different tones inthe different seas of the world butwords are insufficient to describethe riot of colors the fish has whenit is brought out of the water.You cannot see this combinationof phosphorous, reflectivetones of the collision of gold andsilver colors leading up to greentogether anywhere else but on thisfish. Therefore, in consequence,some fishermen have given thisfish the name gilded mackerel.They are predators, eating all fishthat are smaller than themselves,as well as cephalopods and crustaceansand they are interested inshiny objects.Its meat is in the category of themost delicious fish. As it is nothunted very much, its economicvalue is regional rather than internationallike the tuna.I took the photograph of “TheFresco of the Fisherman and HisDorados,” which is a nice exampleshowing this fish was also huntedin Ancient Greece during the Myceneanperiod, at the Museum ofthe Mycenaean in Greece.I thought it right to put it in the 1 stissue of 2013 of our ARO Quarterly,as I thought that it would begood to remind readers of thisspecies of fish which was knownand caught from antiquity into thepresent.We should not hunt doradossmaller than 30 cm, as it is onlywhen they reach this length thatthey reach reproductive maturity.We should not purchase anydorado-lampuki shorter than thislength.Every fish should be allowed to layeggs at least once in its life andwe humans should not destroy theGod-given right to life in a selfishand unconscious manner.A deep blue, happy new year...Lambukanın Temizlenmesi / Dressing of Dorado