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Age and growth of Monopterus albus Zuiew, 1793 (Synbranchidae)
Author(s) -
Yang M. S.,
Xiong B. X.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01358.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , china , veterinary medicine , growth curve (statistics) , body weight , fishery , statistics , geography , endocrinology , mathematics , medicine , archaeology
Summary Age and growth of Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1787) in Lake Nanhu, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, were studied from January to December 2007. A total of 418 samples were collected ranging from 18 to 86 cm total length (TL). Among these samples, ages of female were 1 + –5 + years while males were 3 + –9 + years as estimated by basihyal. The length–weight relationships and the von Bertalanffy growth curve were described for all individuals as: W T = (2 × 10 −7 ) TL 3.2366 and L t = 104.1{1‐e −0.108 (t + 1.625) }. To the best knowledge of the authors, this study presents the first reference on the relationship between age and growth of this species for the management of fishery resources.