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Stunted Growth of a Jawless Striped bass, Morone saxatilis
Author(s) -
Hickey Clarence R.,
Amish Richard A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1975)104<410:sgoajs>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - morone saxatilis , bass (fish) , morone , fishery , biology , zoology
During a one‐year marine ichthyofaunal study of Northport, New York, only one abnormal fish was taken, a striped bass, Morone saxatilis. This 3‐year‐old fish, lacking a lower jaw and part of the upper, was apparently injured between its second and third year of life, as evidenced by much reduced scale formation during that period. The fish, measuring 260 mm standard length and weighing 291.1 grams, was much smaller than normal fish of comparable age, being nearer the size of 2‐year‐old fish. This stunted growth was presumably due to reduced feeding ability resulting from the injury.