TY - JOUR AU - Alvarado-Castillo, Reyna AU - Félix-Uraga, Roberto PY - 1998/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Crecimiento de <i>Istiophorus platypterus</i> (Pisces: Istiophoridae) en la boca del Golfo de California JF - Revista de Biología Tropical JA - Rev. Biol. Trop. VL - 46 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.15517/rbt.v46i1.19359 UR - https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19359 SP - 115–118 AB - <p><span>Specimens (733) <em>Istiophorus pla</em></span><em>typterus</em> eaughl by sport fishing in the soulhern 01' the California Gulf were me¡lsured. The fourth spine nI' the dorsal fin was collected to estimate the age and individuals from 1 to 8 years were found. The majority of lhe specimens were between 180 and 210 cm in lower jaw-fork length. The Bertalanffy growth ecuation estimrrted using length was: L,=203.6[ l_eo,ü+ooO';']. Growth was sllOwn to very fast in [he early years.</p> ER -