Relationships between fish and otolith dimensions of pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (perciformes: Pomatomidae) in southeastern Brazil

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The bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766), was used as a species-specific model to study morphometric relationships between otolith size and relative growth variables. Length-weight relationships between Otolith (Length-OL, Hei-ght-OH, and Weight-OW) and fish measurements (Total Length-TL and Total Weight-TW) were determined for fishes cap-tured monthly during the year 2015 off the southeastern coast of Brazil. The ANCOVA and Kruskal-Wallis analysis did not indicate significant differences in the relative growth constants between sexes and length frequency distributions (p > 0.05). The condition factor also did not present significant differences between sexes, and right and left otolith measurements (p > 0.05). A total of 398 specimens were sampled: TL = 43.6-67.0 cm, TW = 365-2400 g, OL = 9.65-15.25 mm, OH = 3.65-5.45 mm and OW = 0.03-0.11 g. The LWR for grouped sexes was TW = 0.050TL2.55 and otoliths OW = 6.17E-05OL2.59. The best adjustments were TL vs OL (r2 = 0.90); OL vs OW (r2 = 0.90); TW vs OW (r2 = 0.81); and TW vs OL (r2 = 0.80). These results showed that such relationships are helpful tools for predicting the fish size and weight from otoliths, which may be used in food habits and paleontology studies, and other fisheries management applications.

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de Souza, G. M., Tubino, R. de A., Monteiro-Neto, C., & da Costa, M. R. (2019). Relationships between fish and otolith dimensions of pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) (perciformes: Pomatomidae) in southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20180032

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