Age and growth of the yellowbelly threadfin bream Nemipterus bathybius in Kagoshima Bay, southern Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-506

  Puentes Granada, Vladimir ^a   Masuda, Yasuji ^a   Matsuoka, Tatsuro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; Kagoshima Bay; Nemipterus bathybius; Otolith; Southern Japan; Yellowbelly threadfin bream

Indexed keywords

ALECTIS CILIARIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; NEMIPTERUS; NEMIPTERUS BATHYBIUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3342975638     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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