Abstract
The humpback red snapper Lutjanus gibbus (Lutjanidae) is an important species for fisheries in the Kagoshima and Okinawan region of Japan. The present study estimated the age, growth and reproduction of this lutjanid species in the waters around Ishigaki Island, southern part of Okinawa. An opaque zone was formed on the otolith every year, and this formation correlated with their spawning season; these zones were identified as annual rings. Maximum ages of 21 and 24 years were observed for males and females, respectively. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters clarifying the age–fork length relationship were as follows: L ∞ = 390.5 mm, K = 0.210 year−1 and t 0 = −1.88 year for males, and L ∞ = 303.4, K = 0.256 year−1 and t 0 = −3.05 year for females. The main spawning season was estimated as between May and October, since greater values of gonadosomatic index for females as well as maturation oocytes and/or postovulatory follicles were observed during those six months.
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We express our grateful thanks to S. Sakihara and T. Sakihara for their assistance in collecting samples, M. Mukai for the laboratory work, and the staff of Ishigaki Tropical Station, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, for its support during the present study. Constructive comments on the manuscript from K. Yoseda were much appreciated. We also thank the Yaeyama Fishermen’s Cooperative Association for permission to collect the samples.
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Nanami, A., Kurihara, T., Kurita, Y. et al. Age, growth and reproduction of the humpback red snapper Lutjanus gibbus off Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. Ichthyol Res 57, 240–244 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-010-0160-8
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