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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-77442017000300858</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v65i3.23715</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Crecimiento y mortalidad del pez Canthidermis sufflamen (Perciformes: Balistidae) de los archipiélagos Los Frailes y Los Testigos, Venezuela]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Growth and mortality of the triggerfish Canthidermis sufflamen (Perciformes: Balistidae) from Los Frailes and Los Testigos Archipelagos, Venezuela.]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Alarcón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mayra]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Eslava]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nora]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leo Walter]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guevara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Oriente Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar Departamento de Acuacultura]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Boca del Río isla de Margarita]]></addr-line>
<country>VE</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Oriente Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas Área de Biología y Recursos Pesqueros]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Boca del Río Isla de Margarita]]></addr-line>
<country>VE</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>65</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>858</fpage>
<lpage>867</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442017000300858&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442017000300858&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442017000300858&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[ResumenEn la comunidad pesquera de El Tirano, estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, la especie Canthidermis sufflamen se ha convertido en un recurso con una alta demanda para el consumo debido su bajo costo, por lo que su captura ha venido incrementándose en los últimos años. Debido a la escasa información existente sobre la dinámica poblacional de este recurso, y con la finalidad de aportar algunos parámetros biológico-pesqueros se planteó como objetivo general determinar el crecimiento y mortalidad de Canthidermis sufflamen en los archipiélagos Los Frailes y Los Testigos, Dependencias Federales de Venezuela, durante el período mayo 2012 y abril 2013, se obtuvo un total de 3 595 ejemplares capturados con nasa por la flota artesanal de El Tirano. A cada ejemplar se le tomó datos de longitud total (cm), peso total (g) y se determinó el sexo. Se comprobó que no existe diferencia sexual con respecto a longitud (ts = -0.96; p &gt; 0.05), la relación longitud-peso para ambos sexos fue: P = 0.164*L2.26, lo que evidencia un crecimiento alométrico minorante. La estimación del crecimiento se basó en el análisis de la distribución de frecuencia de longitudes, con uso del software FiSAT. Los parámetros de crecimiento estimados (L&#8734; = 61.69 cm, P&#8734; = 1 868.402 g, k = 0.36 / año y to = -0.654 años) mostraron un crecimiento lento. La edad límite fue A0.95 = 8 años. El índice de crecimiento (Ø&#8242;) obtuvo un valor de 3.14. La tasa de explotación E = 0.72 / año calculada a través de la mortalidad total Z = 2.67 / año, natural M = 0.73 / año y por pesca F = 1.93 / año, indica que C. sufflamen está siendo sobre explotada por la pesca artesanal de El Tirano; por consiguiente se sugiere regular la pesquería, reduciendo la tasa de mortalidad por pesca.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[AbstractCanthidermis sufflamen has become a low cost food resource in high demand in El Tirano fishing community, and captures have been increasing in recent years. Since there is a lack of information on this resource population dynamics in Venezuela, the goal of this research was to provide some biological-fishery parameters, and has as general objective to determine growth and mortality of the triggerfish of Los Frailes and Los Testigos Archipelagos, Federal Territories of Venezuela. For this, a total of 3 595 specimens were collected from El Tirano commercial fishing, every week, from May 2012 to April 2013. We determined total length (cm), total weight (g), and sex for each specimen. No sexual dimorphism was shown with respect to length (ts = -0.96; p &gt; 0.05), so one length-weight ratio was established for both sexes: W = 0.164*L2.26; and they both exhibited minor allometric growth. Growth was estimated by analysis of the frequency distribution of lengths, using FiSAT software. Growth parameters, estimated by the von Bertalanffy model, were considered slow, being L&#8734; = 61.69 cm, W&#8734; = 1 868.402 g, k = 0.36 / year, and to = -0.654 years. The maximum age was A0.95 = 8 years. The growth index (Ø&#8242;), showed a value of 3.14. The exploitation rate E = 0.72 / year, using total mortality values Z = 2.67 / year, natural M = 0.73 / year and from fishing F = 1.93 / year, indicates that C. sufflamen is being over-exploited by the artisanal fishers of El Tirano. We recommend following some harvest guidelines that will reduce mortality rate due to fishing. Rev. Biol. Trop. 65 (3): 858-867. Epub 2017 September 01.]]></p></abstract>
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