Age and Rate of Growth of the White Seaperch (Phanerodon furcatus) from Tomales Bay, California

Abstract

Abstract Scales of white seaperch were used to determine the ages of 169 males and 795 females collected from Tomales Bay, California during 1965. The maximum age of female fishes during the course of the study was 7 years (279–280 mm in fork length). No males were encountered that were older than 6 years (256–260 mm in fork length). The growth of both sexes of white seaperch was considerably faster in the young than at a later age. Weight-length relationship shows that the females tend to grow faster than males of the same length.