Otolith characteristics and age estimation of an exceptionally old dogtooth grouper (Epinephelus caninus) captured off Majorca Island (western Mediterranean)

Cybium

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-102

  Morales Nin, Beatriz ^a   Bauza, Damià ^b   Grau, Antoni M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Federació Balear de Pesca I Càsting ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Epinephelus caninus; Majorca Island; MED; Sagitta otolith; Serranidae

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS CANINUS; SAGITTA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 27944501127     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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