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Length–weight relationship, parameters of growth and mortality for the hardhead halfbeak C hriodorus atherinoides G oode & B ean, 1882 ( B eloniformes: H emiramphidae) from Y ucatan P eninsula, M exico
Author(s) -
BonillaGómez J. L.,
BadilloAlemán M.,
GallardoTorres A.,
ChiappaCarrara X.
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.12322
Subject(s) - yucatan peninsula , biology , karst , peninsula , zoology , ecology , paleontology
Summary This study reports length–weight relationships and growth parameters for C hriodorus atherinoides from L a C arbonera, a karstic tropical coastal lagoon on the northwestern coast of the Y ucatan P eninsula, M exico. A total of 667 specimens were collected between April 2009 and March 2010. The length‐weight relationship obtained was W = 0.0034Lt 3.22 . This study presents the first estimation of the model parameters of the von B ertalanffy growth equation ( L ∞ = 27.30 cm, k = 0.76 year −1 and t 0 = −0.178 years), the instantaneous total mortality (2.51 year −1 ) and the maximum length record (26.0 cm total length), which is greater than previously recorded.