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Age determination of archer fishes (Toxotes jaculatrix and Toxotes chatareus) inhabiting Malaysian estuaries


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Kumar Das, Simon and Abd, Ghaffar, Mazlan and Che Cob, Zaidi and Samat, Abdullah and Arshad, Aziz (2008) Age determination of archer fishes (Toxotes jaculatrix and Toxotes chatareus) inhabiting Malaysian estuaries. Journal of Biological Sciences, 8 (6). pp. 1096-1099. ISSN 1727-3048, ESSN: 1812-5719

Abstract

In this study the most common bony structure (scales) and method was investigated for age determination of archer fishes. A total of 85 specimens of archer fishes (Toxotes chatareus and Toxotes jaculatrix) from the estuaries of South Johore, Malaysia were examined for age. Scale length is linearly proportion (r = 0.816) to standard length (SL). Relationship between scale length (L) and scale weight (W) can be expressed by the formula W = 0.0155L2.917. Daily growth rings and annulus of scales count up demonstrated that the ages of the samples for both species were mostly 1-2 years and a handful samples of T. jaculatrix were above 2 years.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/jbs.2008.1096.1099
Publisher: Asian Network for Scientific Information
Keywords: Archer fish; Toxotes chatareus; Toxotes jaculatrix; Daily growth rings; Scale
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2015 07:12
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2015 03:42
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12962
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