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A Successful Method for Tagging the Small, Fragile Engraulid, Stolephorus purpureus
Author(s) -
Leary Daniel F.,
Murphy Garth I.
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<53:asmftt>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - biology
Survival of anchovies (Stolephorus purpureus), held in tanks for 30 days after being tagged with a tiny wire implanted automatically by a new device, was 80.5% and tag loss 14.7%. Both criteria were superior to those reported for engraulids tagged by other methods. Advantages of the new tag are small size, internal location, ease of implantation, and capability of being detected automatically.