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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 .