Turkish Journal of Zoology
DOI
10.3906/zoo-0902-13
Abstract
Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) (n = 1892) were caught in İzmir Bay (Aegean Sea) from January 2005 to December 2006. Total length and weight of all specimens ranged from 3.9 to 16.0 cm and from 0.47 to 41.63 g, respectively. The overall ratio of females to males was 1:1.91. The length-weight relationships for females, males, and all specimens combined were estimated, respectively, as W = 0.0096 × L^{2.921}, W = 0.0111 × L^{2.857}, and W = 0.0096 × L^{2.917}; and the parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equations were, respectively, L_{\infinity}= 17.58, 15.36, and 17.19 cm; k = 0.412, 0.461, and 0.495 year^{-1}; and t_0 = -0.379, -0.332, and -0.380 year. The growth performance index values (\Phi^') were 2.105, 2.036, and 2.165, respectively.
Keywords
Scaldfish, Arnoglossus laterna, growth, İzmir Bay, central Aegean Sea
First Page
249
Last Page
254
Recommended Citation
İLHAN, DİLEK UÇKUN; AKALIN, SENCER; ÖZAYDIN, OKAN; TOSUNOĞLU, ZAFER; and LEBLEBİCİ, SEMİH
(2010)
"On the growth of the scaldfish Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) from İzmir Bay, central Aegean Sea,"
Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 34:
No.
2, Article 16.
https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0902-13
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol34/iss2/16
