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Maximum Length and Age of Round Gobies (Apollonia melanostomus) in Lake Huron

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Pages 173-175 | Received 11 Aug 2008, Accepted 26 Sep 2008, Published online: 06 Jan 2011
 

ABSTRACT

The round goby (Apollonia [Neogobius] melanostomus,) an invasive species, is generally smaller and shorter-lived in the Great Lakes than it native range. We examined 30 large male round gobies from trawl samples taken in Lake Huron and used otoliths to determine their age and back-calculated growth. Standard lengths ranged fiom 76 to 97 mm, and the oldest fish were age-5. Low water temperatures in nearshore regions of Lake Huron might cause slow growth and late maturation.

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