SKILLMAN and YONG: GROWTH CURVES FOR TWO MARLINS 



Table 1. -Estimates of striped marlin age-groups (numbers do not indicate age) by sex and by year and (juarter of sam])ling. Estimates of 

 mean forl< length.FL; percent of total sample comprising a particular age-group, %; and chi-stiuare goodness of fit value. ,\--', were obtained 

 from the computer program ENORMSEP. 



Age-group 5 



1960 



1962 



1963 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



Year Quarter Sex FL % FL % FL % FL % FL % X^ 



— — 64.2 



— — 44.7 



1961 1 M 160.2 50.4 208.7 49.6 — — _ _ _ _ 16.4 



— — 32.1 



— — 70.6 



— — 39.6 



— — 20.8 



— — 35.1 



— — 8.6 



— — 28.0 



— — 18.7 



— — 32.5 



— — 47.7 



— — 28.5 



— — 24.8 



— — 24.2 



— — 79.5 



— — 67.3 



— — 61.9 



— — 47.1 



— — 66.2 



— — 61.8 



— — 10,8 



— — 12.4 



— — 32.0 



— — 58.6 



1964 1 M 173.5 76.7 206.3 23.3 — — _ _ _ _ 77.4 



— — 97.4 



— — 63.2 



— — 35.6 



— — 15.3 



— — 43.6 



— — 99.8 



— — 137.1 



— — 49.3 



— — 44.6 



— — 34.3 



— — 22.0 



— — 6.7 



— — 26.4 



— — 47.3 



— — 117.9 



— — 37.0 

 _ — 30.0 



— — 32.1 



— — 26.4 



— — 15.5 



— — 21.1 



— — 142.0 



— — 52.4 



— — 44.8 



— — 40.1 

 _ — 24.8 



— — 60.2 



— — 10.5 

 _ — 9.8 



— — 82.9 



— — 98.4 



_ — 37.6 



_ — 48.4 



— — 58.1 



— — 45.6 

 272.0 4.2 30.9 



_ — 18.4 



_ — 79.4 



— — 66.4 



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