Growth and maturation of the redlip parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus |
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| Authors: | B M Taylor C Pardee |
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| Institution: | 1. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.;2. NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | This study presents age‐based life‐history information for the red lip parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus based on a 5 year sampling programme from the commercial fishery of American Samoa. Females reached sexual maturity at 31·9 cm fork length (LF) and 2·6 years and sex change occurred at 42·3 cm LF, although not all females change sex through their ontogeny. The maximum observed age was 14 years and c. 65% of the fishery harvest was above the median LF at sex change. |
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| Keywords: | American Samoa life history maturation otoliths parrotfish reproductive biology |
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