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Growth and length-weight relationship of the juvenile anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), in the nursery ground (Zrmanja River estuary- eastern Adriatic Sea)

Growth and length-weight relationship of 2564 juvenile specimens of anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), were examined over a two-year period (August 1989-April 1991) in the Zrmanja River estuary. The size of fishes ranged from 4.4 to 12.5 cm total length and 0.5 and 13.8 grams corresponding to age 0+ (98%) and 1+ (2%). Length-weight regression coefficient (b) varied between 2.95 and 3.42, and regression constant (a) between 2.1 and 6.0 (x 10 -3). The von Bertalanffy growth equation of juvenile anchovy was: lt = 13.2 (1-e -0.82 (t+0.5)). Maturity was reached in June in males above 8.2 and females above 9.0 cm total length.

Anchovy ; growth ; length-weight relationship ; juvenile ; Adriatic

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