DOI: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e110523

Authors: María Eugenia Vega Cendejas, Mirella Hernandez de Santillana, Sonia Palacios-Sánchez

Abstract: Length-weight relationships (LWR) were estimated for 44 fish species collected from the unprotected Yucatan coastal Corridor. The sample was composed of species represented by 23 families: Urotrygonidae [Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816)], Albulidae [Albula vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)]; Elopidae [Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766], Engraulidae [Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758), Anchoa lamprotaenia Hildebrand, 1943, Anchoa lyolepis (Evermann & Marsh, 1900), Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)]; Dorosomatidae [Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865, Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818)]; Ariidae [Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766), Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815)]; Synodontidae [Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766)]; Batrachoididae [Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)]; Mugilidae [Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836, Mugil trichodon Poey, 1875]; Belonidae [Strongylura notata (Poey, 1860), Strongylura timucu (Walbaum, 1792)]; Hemiramphidae [Chriodorus atherinoides Goode & Bean, 1882, Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani, 1841)]; Carangidae [Caranx latus Agassiz, 1831, Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758), Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766), Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Trachinotus goodei Jordan & Evermann 1896]; Cynoglossidae [Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766)]; Gerreidae [Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855, Eucinostomus gula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824), Eucinostomus harengulus Goode & Bean, 1879]; Grammistidae [Rypticus maculatus Holbrook 1855]; Haemulidae [Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)]; Lutjanidae [Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758)]; Triglidae [Prionotus tribulus Cuvier, 1829]; Ephippidae [Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)]; Sciaenidae [Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepède, 1802), Cynoscion arenarius, Ginsburg, 1930; Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758), Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847), Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)], Sparidae [Archosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758), Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766)]; Ostraciidae [Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)]; Tetraodontidae [Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785), Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758)]. A new maximum standard length (SL) was recorded for Anchoa lamprotaenia. A positive allometric growth was reported in fourteen species, negative allometric growth in 26 species, and isometric growth in four species.

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