Aspectos biométricos de una población de sábalo, Megalops atlanticus (Pisces: Megalopidae)
1993; Vicerractoría Investigación; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.15517/rbt.v41i1.29271
ISSN2215-2075
Autores Tópico(s)Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
ResumoThe tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) Costa Rica. is among the most highly sougth inshore gamefish in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Adults individuals were collected in a period of 23 months (1990-1992), in the Barra del Colorado area, northeast of Limon province. A variety of morphometric and meristic and some biological observations have been recorded from 113 fishes collected; the maximun standard length (SL) observed was 1820.00 mm and the minimum SL was 845.00 mm; the minimun weight (Wt) was 7.00 kg and the maximum Wt observed was 74.00 kg; the gonadal somatic index (GSI) mowed a trerid with two maximum for males and females respectively. 240 juveniles and 107 leptocephalus were collected in Don Nati Creek station located in Limon southeast coast in a period of 50 months (1988-1992), the temporal patterns in juvenile recruitment showed a maximum in December to February and July to October to metamorphic leptocephalus.
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