Comparison between Otoliths and Length Based Ageing and Growth of African Armoured Searobin (Peristedion cataphractum L. 1758; Teleostei, Peristediidae) off the Southern Coasts of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the samples of Peristedion cataphractum used in the present study.

Sex		Otolith radius length (; mm)			Fish total length (TL; mm)
		Range	Mean	SD	Range	Mean	SD
Females	515	1.3–3.77	2.03	0.46	102–326	185.4	48.64
Males	212	1.38–4.27	2.49	0.42	125–300	232.9	37.01
Unsexed	128	0.74–2.43	1.44	0.31	53–220	116.6	36.1

SD denotes the standard deviation.