Age and Growth of the Spot-Tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah, in the Taiwan Strait
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Specimen Collection and Processing
2.2. Age Estimation and Verification
2.3. Growth Functions
3. Results
3.1. Size Range of Specimens
3.2. Meristic Relationships
3.3. TL–CD and W–TL Relationships
3.4. Growth Parameters
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Female | Male | ||||
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Month | n | Rage of TL (cm) | n | Rage of TL (cm) | Total |
January | - | - | - | - | - |
February | 2 | 85.0–88.0 | 4 | 79–97 | 6 |
March | 4 | 86.0–103.0 | - | - | 4 |
April | 4 | 74.0–103.0 | 6 | 80–108 | 10 |
May | 26 | 63.0–123.0 | 23 | 59–107 | 49 |
June | 5 | 88.0–112.0 | 7 | 104–110 | 12 |
July | 36 | 57.5–115.0 | 35 | 49.5–142 | 71 |
August | 27 | 57.0–110.0 | 26 | 65–110 | 53 |
September | 23 | 72.0–97.0 | 27 | 70–93 | 50 |
October | 16 | 72.0–92.0 | 9 | 77–88 | 25 |
November | 18 | 82.0–93.0 | 11 | 73–101 | 29 |
December | 10 | 91.0–98.0 | 8 | 84–100 | 18 |
Total | 171 | 57.0–123.0 | 156 | 49.5–142.0 | 327 |
L∞ | (cm) | k/kR/kG | (Year−1) | t0/b/c | - | AICc | ∆AICc | ||
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Female | VBGF | 203.5 | (152.3–254.7) | 0.104 | (0.057–0.151) | −3.54 | (−4.14–−2.93) | 1270.82 | 0.00 |
VBGF with L0 | 122.3 | (117.0–127.7) | 0.420 | (0.363–0.478) | 1447.79 | 176.97 | |||
Roberstson | 142.7 | (132.2–153.1) | 0.366 | (0.316–0.416) | 0.64 | (0.25–1.02) | 1272.10 | 1.28 | |
Gompertz | 158.6 | (140.7–176.6) | 0.235 | (0.186–0.283) | −0.32 | (−0.73–0.08) | 1271.22 | 0.40 | |
Male | VBGF | 170.2 | (151.4–189.0) | 0.146 | (0.110–0.182) | −3.16 | (−3.57–−2.75) | 1178.97 | 0.00 |
VBGF with L0 | 114.0 | (110.2–117.7) | 0.595 | (0.523–0.667) | 1329.68 | 150.71 | |||
Roberstson | 148.7 | (140.0–157.3) | 0.338 | (0.302–0.374) | 0.79 | (0.44–1.13) | 1191.25 | 12.28 | |
Gompertz | 155.8 | (143.8–167.8) | 0.241 | (0.203–0.278) | −0.47 | (−0.73–−0.21) | 1185.18 | 6.21 |
Area | Sex | Model | L∞ | k/kR/kG | t0/L0/c | tmax | Reference |
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Northern Australia | Male | VBGF | 98.4 | 1.170 | −0.6 | 5 | Davenport and Stevens (1988) |
Female | VBGF | 123.9 | 0.340 | −1.9 | 7 | ||
Northeastern Australia | Male | Logistic | 105.6 | 0.916 | 52.5 | 9 | Harry et al., (2013) |
Female | VBGF | 126.6 | 0.336 | 55.3 | 14 | ||
Taiwan Strait | Male | VBGF | 170.2 | 0.146 | −3.16 | 8 | This study |
Female | Gompertz | 158.6 | 0.235 | −0.32 | 5 |
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Joung, S.-J.; Hsu, Z.-Y.; Su, K.-Y.; Liu, K.-M. Age and Growth of the Spot-Tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah, in the Taiwan Strait. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 413. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030413
Joung S-J, Hsu Z-Y, Su K-Y, Liu K-M. Age and Growth of the Spot-Tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah, in the Taiwan Strait. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2022; 10(3):413. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030413
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoung, Shoou-Jeng, Zhi-Yu Hsu, Kuan-Yu Su, and Kwang-Ming Liu. 2022. "Age and Growth of the Spot-Tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah, in the Taiwan Strait" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 3: 413. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030413