Age, growth, and maturity of the Indian flathead Platycephalus indicus in the waters around Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

• Published in: Ichthyological research Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 330 - 339
• Main Authors: Akita, Yuichi, Tachihara, Katsunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 25.07.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Artisanal fisheries; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Body size; Ecology; Females; Fisheries; Fishery resources; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Gonads; Growth rate; Hermaphroditism; Japan; Life history; Life Sciences; Males; Otoliths; Platycephalus indicus; Resource management; Sectioning; sex reversal; Spawning; Spawning seasons; traditional technology; Tropical climate; Zoology; Japan; Okinawa; Growth; Indian flathead; Age; Maturity

Indian flathead Platycephalus indicus (Platycephalidae) is an important fishery resource in tropical and subtropical waters. However, there have been few studies of its life history which is important for resource management because of taxonomic confusion. Here, we determine the age, growth, maturit...