Age, Growth, and Maturity of the Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus , of Western Lake Superior

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Bailey, Merryll M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: General Medicine; Gull Island; Western Lake; Catostomus catostomus; Longnose sucker
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-114; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-114

Studies of age, growth, and maturity were based on 1760 fish collected in western Lake Superior in 1964–65. The body:scale relation was curvilinear and the curve had an intercept of 1.65 inches on the length axis. The weight increased as the 2.85 power of the length. Some fish formed an annulus befo...