Age and growth of Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in Mexico

Age and growth of Oreochromis niloticus from Lagoon of Coatetelco, Morelos State, Mexico were studied from January through December, 1993. Scales of 318 specimens were collected. Modal length at capture was 10. 5 -11. 5 cm standard length. Scales rings were forrned during December. Back-calculated l...

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Autor: Gómez-Márquez, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/20569
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20569
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:oreochromis niloticus
age
growth
length-frequency
scales
Mexico
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Sumario:Age and growth of Oreochromis niloticus from Lagoon of Coatetelco, Morelos State, Mexico were studied from January through December, 1993. Scales of 318 specimens were collected. Modal length at capture was 10. 5 -11. 5 cm standard length. Scales rings were forrned during December. Back-calculated lengths-at-age showed no significant differences by sexo Four check marks were recorded. According to the growth curve parameters for population, the fish grow at a low rate (k=O.07) until they achieve a size (Loo) of 2 9. 19 cm. Length-frequency analysis (Bhattacharya's Gaussian component deterrnination procedure) do not differ significantly (t-student, p<0.05), from the scale reading