Using the Otolith Mass in Growth Determining of Glossogobius giuris in the Mekong Delta

Abstract

Most of the bonefish have otoliths located inside of the head (Popper et al., 2005). The otolith plays as a balance apparatus (Popper and Lu, 2000; Campana, 2004). According to Rodríguez and Villamizar (2006), fish otolith sizes increase as fish grow