Sagittae of Leiognathus splendens (Family Leiognathidae) were extracted and examined. Otolith rings were counted and increment counts were used to determine the growth of L. splendens. Growth parameters were estimated from the otolith increment data and the growth equation L(t) = 14.0 (1 - exp (-1.083 (t + 0.047))) was derived (where L is length in cm, K = year-1 and to in years. The age data were compared with growth curves derived from length-frequency data from Manila Bay. With 1- fixed at 14 cm, the age data alone yielded a value of K = 1.083 year-1; the length data alone generated K = 0.857 and a combined analysis of the two data sets resulted in K = 0.860, implying similar shapes for the growth curves. A comparison of these values with published growth parameter estimates on L. splendens establishes that the otoliths of L. splendens are deposited, on the average, at the rate of one increment per day.
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