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Age and growth of the sandpaper skate, Bathyraja kincaidii, using vertebral centra, with an investigation of caudal thorns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2010

Colleena R. Perez ,
Gregor M. Cailliet  and
David A. Ebert
Colleena R. Perez*
Affiliation:
Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
Gregor M. Cailliet
Affiliation:
Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
David A. Ebert
Affiliation:
Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C.R. Perez, Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA email: colleena.perez@tetratech.com
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Abstract

The sandpaper skate, Bathyraja kincaidii, is one of four skate species commonly taken in trawl fisheries off central California although very little is known about its life history. In this study, age and growth were evaluated from 187 vertebrae using a common growth band counting method. An attempt to use marginal increment analysis and centrum edge analysis failed to validate the annual periodicity of growth band formation; however, it is a valid assumption based on structural similarity from other studies. Assuming annual band formation, von Bertalanffy growth parameters were determined for females (L∞ = 537.3 mm; k = 0.237; to = –1.629; N = 99) and males (L∞ = 580.2 mm; k = 0.185; to = –2.530; N = 88). Maximum likelihood ratios indicated no significant difference (P > 0.05) between male and female von Bertalanffy growth parameters, thus data were combined (L∞ = 557.8 mm; k = 0.207; to = –2.147; N = 187). Age estimates from band counts in vertebral centra indicated a minimum longevity of 17 and 18 years for female and male B. kincaidii, respectively. Caudal thorns were also assessed for age analyses, but were deemed unreliable and could not be used to verify age estimates from vertebral centra.

Keywords

skatechondrichthyeselasmobranchageverificationvalidation
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Special Issue 6: Fish Ecology , September 2011 , pp. 1149 - 1156
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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