Research Article
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 2
Relationships between otolith radius and fish total length.
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= number of specimens; F = females; M = males; J = unsexed juveniles; : intercept; : allometry coefficient; SE: standard error; : determination coefficient; MSE: mean square error; probability of Student’s -test for differences between allometry coefficient and “1” (isometric condition). |