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Age and growth of coney (Cephalopholis fulva), from the central coast of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2006

Julio Neves de Araujo  and
Agnaldo Silva Martins
Julio Neves de Araujo
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Nectologia, Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Fernando Ferrari s/n, CEP:29060-900, Vitória, ES, Brasil
Agnaldo Silva Martins
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Nectologia, Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Fernando Ferrari s/n, CEP:29060-900, Vitória, ES, Brasil
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Abstract

Coney (Cephalopholis fulva) otoliths were collected from 1997 to 1999 off the central coast of Brazil. Analysis of the edges of otoliths sections suggests that one translucent and one opaque zone are formed once a year. Coney age and size-ranges were 2–25 years and 172–428 mm total length (TL) respectively. The von Bertalanffy growth equation was TLt=316(1−e−0.138(t+5.301)). The maximum age observed in this study is well above that previously reported for coney.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 187 - 191
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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