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 4
Estimated parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) for Peristedion cataphractum off the southern coasts of Sicily (central Mediterranean).
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= number; F = females; M = males; JF = unsexed juveniles plus females; JM unsexed juveniles plus males; = theoretical maximum (asymptotic) total length; = growth coefficient; = theoretical age at zero length; MSE = mean square error. |