The population of goete, Cynoscion petranus (Ribeiro, 1915), commercial marine fish caught along the southern coast of Brazil (24ºS-26ºS) presented from 1959 to 1962: 1) One main spawning per year. 2) Absence of morphometric polymorphism according to the relationship "maximum-girth/total length". 3) Aggregated distribution. 4) Absence of migration parallel to the coast. 5) Recruitment rate ............................................................. 42% per year Natural mortality ............................................................. 57% per year Total mortality ................................................................ 44% per year 6) Mean size of the population ............................................ 5.10(6) individuals 7) Overfishing.
