Age, growth and reproductive biology of a widespread coral reef fish, yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology Vol. 100; no. 5; pp. 1233 - 1244
• Main Authors: Samejima, Shota, Tachihara, Katsunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Wiley 01.05.2022; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adaptability; Age; Animals; Biology; Coral Reefs; Dimorphism; Female; Females; Fish; Fishes; gonads; Growth; Histology; life history; Life span; longevity; Male; Males; Marine fishes; Maturity; Mulloidichthys; Mulloidichthys vanicolensis; Otolithic Membrane; otoliths; Perciformes; Population genetics; Reef fish; Reef fishes; Reproduction; Ryukyu Archipelago; Seasons; sectioned otolith; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual maturity; southwestern Japan; Spawning; Spawning seasons; sectioned otolith; growth; southwestern Japan; Mulloidichthys vanicolensis; reproduction

Yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) is a widely distributed commercial fish in the Indo‐Pacific. The authors examined the age, growth, sexual maturity and spawning season of M. vanicolensis around Okinawa Island, southwestern Japan, based on sectioned otolith and gona...