Age, growth, and reproduction of Southern Kingfish (Menticirrhus americanus): a multivariate comparison with life history patterns in other sciaenids

Clardy, Samuel D.; Brown‐Peterson, Nancy J.; Peterson, Mark S.; Leaf, Robert T.

doi:10.7755/fb.112.2-3.6

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“…Monthly densities indicated M. americanus and M. littoralis likely spawned between April and October, which corroborates other kingfish research (Irwin, 1970;Darovec, 1983;Clardy et al, 2014). In 2006, juvenile M. saxatilis was collected from the spring through early summer and again in the fall.…”

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“…Menticirrhus americanus and M. littoralis are common in the GOM and along the south Atlantic coast, whereas M. saxatilis are more common along the northeast Atlantic coast and not as common in the GOM (Irwin, 1970). Spawning of all three species occurs in the shallow GOM from spring to early fall (Miller, 1965;Irwin, 1970;Johnson, 1978;McMichael and Ross, 1987;Clardy et al, 2014).…”

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Distribution, Abundance, and Feeding Habits of Juvenile Kingfish (Menticirrhus) Species Found in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

Anderson

Comyns

2013

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Southern Kingfish (Menticirrhus americanus), Gulf Kingfish (Menticirrhus littoralis), and Northern Kingfish (Menticirrhus saxatilis) were collected by beam plankton trawl and seine along shoreline habitats in 2005 and 2006. Specific habitats included barrier island (surf zones and grass beds) and mainland (marsh edge and sandy shorelines) areas. Five hundred sixty-seven kingfish were collected during this study, with over 85% of the specimens collected in 2006. Densities of both M. americanus and M. littoralis peaked during summer, whereas densities of M. saxatilis peaked in spring. All three kingfish species co-occurred within surf zone and sandy shoreline habitats, but M. americanus was the dominant kingfish along protected sandy shorelines, and M. littoralis was the dominant kingfish along open surf zones. Several M. littoralis, which are known to be surf zone species, were also collected from mainland sandy shoreline. Only M. americanus was collected from marsh edges, and all three species were absent from grass beds. Stomachs of all three kingfish species at sizes , 15 mm standard length (SL) most often contained calanoid copepods. Larger M. americanus (16-60 mm SL) fed most frequently on mysids, larger M. littoralis (31-60 mm SL) fed most frequently on bivalves, and larger M. saxatilis (31-60 mm SL) fed most frequently on both mysids and amphipods. The diversity of prey items increased with size for all three Menticirrhus species. This research provides a useful descriptive report on the distribution, abundance, and feeding habits of juvenile Menticirrhus species found in the north-central Gulf of Mexico.

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Distribution, Abundance, and Feeding Habits of Juvenile Kingfish (Menticirrhus) Species Found in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

Anderson

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2013

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“…; 6 months in Southern Kingfish Menticirrhus americanus : Clardy et al. ; 14–15 weeks in Black Drum Pogonias cromis : Nieland and Wilson ). Wilson and Nieland () used over 6 years of data and found that interannual differences in spawning season were minimal.…”

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Sex‐Specific Growth and Reproductive Dynamics of Red Drum in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

2019

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The Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus stock is heavily targeted in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by recreational fishers and supports a small commercial fishery in Mississippi. Despite their popularity, little recent work has been done to describe their life history. In this work, we describe sex‐specific growth and reproductive dynamics of Red Drum collected from the northern GOM from September 2016 through October 2017. We evaluated seven candidate growth models and found that the three‐parameter von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) was the best candidate length‐at‐age model. No significant difference in growth between sexes was observed with the three‐parameter VBGF, despite the female‐specific curve having a larger mean asymptotic length than the male‐specific curve. All seven candidate growth models predicted similar mean length‐at‐age estimates, and four of them exhibited significant differences in sex‐specific mean length at age, with females reaching a larger length at age than males after age 5. There was no significant difference between the sex‐specific weight‐at‐length relationships. Red Drum are batch spawners that spawn in northern GOM coastal waters during August and September. We estimated 3.7 d between spawns and 10.5 spawning events per female in 2017. Nearly 20% of fish collected during the spawning season were sexually mature but reproductively inactive, indicating the possibility of skipped spawning. The age at 50% maturity was around 3 years (length at 50% maturity = 670 mm TL) in both sexes, but fish were not spawning capable until age 4.5 (703 mm TL) in males and age 5.8 (840 mm TL) in females. Furthermore, elevated gonadosomatic indices were not observed until around age 5–6. The updated life history information presented in this work helps to address current data limitations and provides critical information for future assessments of Red Drum stocks in the northern GOM.

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“…The spawning season for M. americanus appears to vary with latitude. In the northern Gulf of Mexico, spawning occurs from April to September (Clardy et al 2014), while in southern Florida, spawning-capable individuals occur from January to November (Herrema et al 1985). Some studies suggest that adults and juvenile M. americanus utilize different habitats (Gianini & Paiva-Filho 1992, Turra et al 2012.…”

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“…The species appears to have a short life cycle, reaching up to 6 years of age. Moreover, it exhibits a rapid growth in these few years (McDowell & Robillard 2013, Clardy et al 2014 with theoretical maximum longevity of 9.8 years (Gianini & Paiva-Filho 1992).…”

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Age and reproduction of the southern king croaker Menticirrhus americanus in subtropical South Atlantic environments

Carvalho

Volpedo

Fávaro

2021

Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res.

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Menticirrhus americanus were sampled (n = 393) from two beaches (P1 is an estuarine beach near the mouth of the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, and P2 is a beach adjacent to the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex) in the subtropical region of the western South Atlantic waters between August 2015 and June 2016. This study aimed to identify the spawning season and the age structure for M. americanus using two sampling methods. For sampling at the P1 beach, seine, line, and pole were used, while samples from the P2 beach were obtained from the artisanal fishers. Females were numerically dominant in all sampling months at both sites except for February when the males became dominant. The species exhibited a protected reproductive season with multiple spawning peaks between August and December. Males and females were captured at all gonadal development stages and ages between 1 and 6 from both sites. At first maturity, the length of the females was 16.3 cm, and the mean age at first maturity was 1.3 years. Individuals aged between 1 and 3 years were dominant (68%). The results suggested that young and adults of the M. americanus use the same habitats throughout their ontogeny.

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Age, growth, and reproduction of Southern Kingfish (Menticirrhus americanus): a multivariate comparison with life history patterns in other sciaenids

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Distribution, Abundance, and Feeding Habits of Juvenile Kingfish (Menticirrhus) Species Found in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

Distribution, Abundance, and Feeding Habits of Juvenile Kingfish (Menticirrhus) Species Found in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

Sex‐Specific Growth and Reproductive Dynamics of Red Drum in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Age and reproduction of the southern king croaker Menticirrhus americanus in subtropical South Atlantic environments

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