Length‐weight and length‐length relationships of the invasive red lionfish [ Pterois volitans  (Linnaeus, 1758): Scorpaenidae] in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico | Zendy

PereraChan L. C. | Zendy; AguilarPerera A. | Zendy

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Length‐weight and length‐length relationships of the invasive red lionfish [ Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758): Scorpaenidae] in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, Southern Gulf of Mexico

Author(s) -

PereraChan L. C.,

AguilarPerera A.

Publication year - 2014

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/jai.12294

Subject(s) - scorpaenidae , fishery , biology , reef , coral , perciformes , range (aeronautics) , peninsula , sparidae , coral reef , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , materials science , composite material

Summary Described are the length–weight ( LW ) and length–length ( LL ) relationships of the Indo–Pacific, red lionfish [ Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758): Scorpaenidae] – an invasive fish introduced into the coral reefs of the Western Atlantic. Volunteer diver‐fishers speared a total of 455 red lionfish (range 9–35 cm TL ) from July 2010 to December 2011 in the Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, off the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The LWR obtained in the combined data was W = 0.104 TL 3.309 .

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