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Figure 1 



Whole (A) and sectioned (B) otolith of an 11-year-old coral trout, P. Icopardus, under 

 reflected light with a black background showing alternating pattern of translucent and 

 opaque bands; a = anterior, p = posterior, d = dorsal, v = ventral, di = distal, pr = proxi- 

 mal, ds = dorsal sulcus, vs = ventral sulcus. Scale bar = 1 mm 



tagged with T-bar anchor tags and injected with 

 tetracycline hydrochloride before being released. The 

 fish were injected in the coelomic cavity under the 

 pelvic fin with a dosage of 50 mg of tetracycline per 

 kg offish (McFarlane and Beamish, 1987), in a con- 

 centration of 50 mg per mL of sterile saline solution. 



Five fish were recaptured after periods of at least 

 one year at large. Two of those fish were reinjected 

 at the time of recapture and kept in captivity for 

 periods of three to four months. 



To determine the time of formation of the first 

 annulus, five young of the year were captured with 



