Three species of the genus Pagellus living in the Adriatic (P. erythrinus, P. bogaraveo, P. acarne) were analyzed using data obtained during expeditions carried out in the area of the northern and central Adriatic as a part of the MEDITS programme in the period from 1996 to 2024. The depth range of P. erythrinus ranged from 21 to 198 m, P. bogaraveo from 24 to 397 m, and P. acarne from 24 to 318 m. The species P. erythrinus and P. acarne have the highest average abundance indices in the 10-50 m stratum, and P. bogaraveo in the 50-100 m stratum. The range of total body lengths for all years of the MEDITS surveys for P. erythrinus ranged from 25 to 450 mm, for P. bogaraveo from 65 to 290 mm, and for P. acarne from 65 to 250 mm. Analysis of length and mass shows that P. erythrinus (b=2,6367), P. bogaraveo (b=2,6784) and P. acarne (b=2,8659) have negative allometric growth. The sex ratio (F/F+M*100) for P. erytrhinus is 68.77 %, which indicates the dominance of females in the sample, for P. bogaraveo 9.09 % and for the species P. acarne 27.26 %, meaning that for these two species males predominate in the sample. By determining the share of individual stages of gonad maturity, it was determined that most individuals of both sexes of the species P. erythrinus are in the stage of sexual maturation (females 46.36 %, males 79.65 %). For the species P. bogaraveo, the dominance of immature individuals of both sexes was determined (females 37.14 % and males 81.14 %), while P. acarne has the most individuals of both sexes in the maturation stage (females 71.51 % and males 58.61 %) .