Delineation of tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, stocks along the United States East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico
Katz, S.J.; Grimes, C.B.; Able, K.W. (1983). Delineation of tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, stocks along the United States East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull. 81(1): 41-50
In: Fishery Bulletin. US Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C.. ISSN 0090-0656; e-ISSN 1937-4518, meer
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AS, South Atlantic
ASW, Mexico Gulf
Biopolymorphism
Electrophoresis
Stock identification
USA
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879 [WoRMS]
Gulf of Mexico [Marine Regions]; South Atlantic Ocean [Marine Regions]; United States [Marine Regions]
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- Katz, S.J.
- Grimes, C.B.
- Able, K.W.
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| Abstract |
Tilefish, L. chamaeleonticeps , is an important commercial species in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and the focus of developing fisheries in the South Atlantic Bight and the Gulf of Mexico. Attempts were made to delineate stocks over this range by analyzing for variation in morphology (28 meristic and morphometric characters) and electrophoretic migration of eye, liver, and muscle proteins. Morphological and electrophoretic data (liver isocitrate dehydrogenase and liver esterase) consistently supported a separate Mid-Atlantic Bight stock. Electrophoretic data suggested that South Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Mexico samples belonged to a separate, single stock. This was not consistently supported by the more variable morphometric characters. It was suggested that Mid Atlantic Bight populations be treated as a separate stock and, as a working hypothesis, that South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico populations be considered as a second stock. |
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