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Age and growth of the lizardfish Saurida elongata from the Tsushima/Korea Strait

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We studied the age and growth of the lizardfish Saurida elongata using ground thin sections of otoliths (sagittae) from specimens collected in the Tsushima/Korea Strait between May 1999 and June 2001. A total of 695 individuals with fork lengths (FL) ranging from 189 to 478 mm were examined. The frequency of translucent zone occurrence at the outer margin of the otoliths indicated that translucent zones formed once a year between November and February. Most of the males examined were estimated to be 2–7 years old and the females, 3–9 years old. The maximum estimated age of a male specimen was 10 years and that of a female, 11 years. The estimated von Bertalanffy growth curves were FL t  = 451{1 − exp[−0.172(t + 2.50)]} and FL t  = 515{1 − exp[−0.151(t + 2.47)]} for males and females, respectively. At all ages, the FL at a specific age for females was greater than that for males, suggesting that females of this species grow faster than males.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the Japan Marine Resources Development Center, which operated offshore pair trawlers Yamaguchi-maru No. 1 and No. 2, for providing some of the fish specimens. We also thank the crews of the Tanshu-maru and Kumamoto-maru for providing samples for our preliminary study to choose the optimal hard structure for age determination.

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  1. Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency (FRA), 1551-4 Taira-machi, Nagasaki, 850-0951, Japan

    Takeshi Sakai, Tetsuro Shiraishi & Muneharu Tokimura

  2. National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, FRA, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-8648, Japan

    Michio Yoneda & Hiroshi Horikawa

  3. Laboratory of Marine Bioresources, Department of Animal and Marine Bioresource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki Campus, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Michiya Matsuyama

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Sakai, T., Yoneda, M., Shiraishi, T. et al. Age and growth of the lizardfish Saurida elongata from the Tsushima/Korea Strait. Fish Sci 75, 895–902 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-009-0108-y

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