Age and growth of the tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from a tropical shallow lake in Mexico

Age and growth of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were determined using 1 039 specimens collected in a tropical shallow lake of Mexico, from January to December 1993. Standard length of females ranged from 9.0 to 16.5 cm and males from 8.9 to 14.8 cm. The standard length-weight relationships fo...

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Main Authors: José Luis Gómez-Márquez, Bertha Peña-Mendoza, Isaías H Salgado-Ugarte, José Luis Arredondo-Figueroa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2008-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442008000200035