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smoothing function (Eq. 12). The minimum AIC was the 

 four-phase allometric smoothing function. The relation 

 between SOR (mm) and o^^ (mm) was also shown as follows: 



FL = 55.18 SOflO 61 + 2.51 (0.00<SOi?<1.00) (21.1) 



FL = 24.22 SOi?i39 + 33 47 {i.oo<SOi?<7.55) (21.2) 



FL = -55349.12 SOR'^''^ + 639.86 



(7.55<SO«<8.96) (21.3) 



FL = 6.68x10 •* S0i?5 25 + 447.55 



G^^ = 2.19 SOR 1 37 + 1 91. 



(8.96<SOi?) (21.4) 

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The coordinates (SOR, FL) of the three inflection points 

 were found at (1.00, 57.8), (7.55, 437.3), and (8.96, 

 514.1). 



Relation between long otolith radius (LOR) and 

 fork length (FL) 



In a similar way, the relationship between LOR (mm) 

 and FL (mm) was derived, and the minimum AIC was 

 a four-phase allometric smoothing function. The rela- 



tion between LOR (mm) and G (mm) is also shown 

 as follows: 



FL = 48.98 LOR^^^ + 3.26 



(0.00<LOi?<1.54) (23.1) 



FL = 14.84 LOR^^^ + 39.86 



(1.54<LO/?<9.03) (23.2) 



FL = -16116.83 LOR-^'^'' + 754.41 



(9.03<LOi?<11.30) (23.3) 



FL = 1.34x10-4 i,oi?5 « -I- 464.28 



(11.30<LOi?) (23.4) 



cJp^ = 1.77 LOR^'^'^ + 1.85. 



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The coordinates (LOR, FL) of the three inflection points 

 were found at (1.54, 68.1), (9.03, 428.8), and (11.30, 

 535.6). 



Relation between fork length (FL) and 

 body weight (BW) (g) 



The relation between FL (mm) and BW (g) was fitted 

 to the general equations (Eqs. 3 and 4), the allometric 



