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Figure 7 
The von Bertalanffy growth curves and associated equations for red lionfish (Pterois vol- 
itans). Also plotted are observed lengths at age for female (triangles) and male (squares) 
red lionfish collected from 2012 through 2015 in the northern Gulf of Mexico, by eco¬ 
logical region (ecoregion), (A) southeast (Florida Keys north to Anelote Keys, Florida), 
(B) northeast (Anelote Keys north to Mobile Bay, Alabama), and (C) central (west of 
Mobile Bay to Galveston Bay, Texas), as well as for (D) all ecoregions pooled. 
