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Alternative splicing (AS) contributes to transcript diversity and post-transcriptional regulation, but its role in fish gonadal function remains unclear. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of AS events in adult ovaries (n = 3) and testes (n = 3) of S. argus using ONT-based full-length transcriptome sequencing. An average of 7.30 Gb of clean data per sample was obtained, with a mean N50 length of 1502 bp. A total of 3333 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, including 2064 ovary-upregulated and 1269 testis-upregulated genes. Additionally, 9417 and 17,216 AS events were detected in the ovary and testis, respectively. Notably, no AS events were detected in the Dmrt1Y gene. A total of 2253 differential alternative splicing (DAS) events involving 1300 genes were identified between ovaries and testes. Of these, only 213 genes were also differentially expressed. Sex-biased AS patterns were observed in genes potentially associated with gonadal function and germ-cell regulation, including Ncoa5, Tp53, and Fancl. Male-biased AS events in Tp53 and Fancl were predicted to alter coding regions corresponding to the DNA-binding and UBC-like domains, respectively. Furthermore, male-biased Ncoa5 isoforms lacking exons 3 and 4 (381 bp) were predicted to result in partial loss of the RNA recognition motif (RRM). 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