Comparison between Otoliths and Length Based Ageing and Growth of African Armoured Searobin (<i>Peristedion cataphractum</i> L. 1758; Teleostei, Peristediidae) off the Southern Coasts of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

<div>Surface view of the whole otolith (<i>sagitta</i>) of<i> Peristedion cataphractum</i> off the southern coasts of Sicily. From the left to the right: unsexed juvenile (TL = 55 mm; age class: 0.5 years), female (TL = 227 mm; age class: 3.5 years), and male (TL = 256; age class: 4.5 years). Scale bar = 1 mm.</div>

Journal of Marine Sciences

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Figure 1: Comparison between Otoliths and Length Based Ageing and Growth of African Armoured Searobin (<i>Peristedion cataphractum</i> L. 1758; Teleostei, Peristediidae) off the Southern Coasts of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) 

Figure 1 | Comparison between Otoliths and Length Based Ageing and Growth of African Armoured Searobin (Peristedion cataphractum L. 1758; Teleostei, Peristediidae) off the Southern Coasts of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) 