In:
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 94, No. 5 ( 2014-08), p. 1063-1071
Abstract:
In a study of the age and growth of Platycephalus indicus , a total of 1106 fish were collected from May 2011 to March 2012 in the coastal waters of Iran, Persian Gulf. The ages of 279 specimens were determined by sectioned otoliths. The ages of the females were estimated to be between 0+ to 7+ , while the ages of the males were from 0+ to 4+. The von Bertalanffy growth curve was well suited to the age/total length data of males and females as follows: Lt = 43.40{1–exp[−0.45(t + 0.328)]} for males, and Lt = 63 {1–exp[−0.50(t + 0.30)] } for females. linf = 43.40, k = 0.45, t 0 = −0.328 for females and linf = 63, k = 0.50, t 0 = −0.30 for males. The estimated values of natural mortality (M) were M = 0.886 yr −1 for females and 0.736 yr −1 for males, and the estimated Z values were 1.43 yr −1 for females and 1.62 yr −1 for males. The mean value of the gonadosomatic index for males and females was 0.82 ± 0.25 and 2.48 ± 0.59, respectively, in each year. The mean values of the hepatosomatic index (HS I ) were 0.89 ± 0.20 for males and 1.28 ± 0.16 for females. The highest HSI values for this location were observed in January, and the lowest were in April.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0025-3154
,
1469-7769
DOI:
10.1017/S0025315413001550
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2014
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1491269-7
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281325-7
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12
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