SIZE :
90 cm, up to 140 cm for 22 kg.
LIFE EXPECTANCY :
11 years, up to 30 years.
LIFE CYCLE :
Spawning takes place from June to September.
The females lay from 300,000 to over two million pink eggs in a translucent mucous ribbon floating on the surface. This veil can measure up to 12 m long and 1.5 m wide. The eggs hatch into swimming larvae. When they reach approximately 8 cm in length, they settle to the bottom.