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Table 4 
Growth equations for upper jaw, lower jaw, and mouth 
gape of Florida pompano ( Trachinotus carolinus) reared 
from hatching through metamorphosis. Jaw length and 
mouth gape were measured in mm and age was measured 
as days after hatching. 
Equation n r 2 
Upper jaw = 0.0492 Age+0.0562 510 0.98 
Lower jaw = 0.0447 Age+0.1452 510 0.96 
Mouth gape = 0.0367 Age-2.0308 510 0.92 
Aquaculture Project (no. 6225-63000-007-00). We thank 
F. Hoff, J. Mountain, and K. Main for sharing their 
expertise and experiences rearing Florida pompano. 
We also thank R. Rulifson and A. Overton for providing 
comments that greatly improved this manuscript. This 
is Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 
no. 1642. 
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