Age, Growth, and Length-Weight Relationship of Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens from North Carolina and South Carolina Waters
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 107 (3) , 454-456
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1978)107<454:agalro>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Scales and otoliths were used to determine age of vermilion snapper, but only scales were used to back-calculate lengths. Scale annulae are laid down in March-April and their formation is well correlated with increasing photoperiod, preparation for spawning and rising bottom water temperature. The von Bertalanffy growth equation fitted to back-calculated lengths (L, mm total length; t, years) is: Lt = 626.5[l - e-0.198(t-0.128)]. Maximum longevity of females is at least 10 yr but males may only live 8 yr. The length-weight (W, g) relationship (r = 0.97) is: W = 0.00001722 L2.946.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: