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Retention of Coded Wire Tags Implanted into Cheek Musculature of Largemouth Bass
Author(s) -
Fletcher Douglas H.,
Haw Frank,
Bergman Peter K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1987)7<436:rocwti>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - micropterus , bass (fish) , cheek , anatomy , fishery , biology , fish <actinopterygii>
Standard‐length coded wire tags (1 mm long x 0.25 mm in diameter) were injected into the cheek musculature of 240 fingerling (47‐128‐mm‐long) largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides. After 9 weeks, tags remained in all of the 200 surviving fish as well as in all 19 of the dead fish examined. Histological analysis indicated that the tissue surrounding the tags was healed. Cheek tagging with coded wire tags appears to have considerable potential for permanently identifying specific groups of largemouth bass.