Population structure
• Age
• Sex
• Size
• Genetic
Age
• Larvae
• Fry : yolk-sac has almost disappeared
swim bladder is operational
actively feed for itself
• Fingerling : fins can be extended
scales have started developing
typically about the size of a finger
• Adult
• Year class
How to determine fish age?
• Scales,
• Otoliths,
• Vertebrate,
• Fin spines,
• Eye lenses,
• Teeth,
• Bones of the jaw,
• Pectoral girdle,
• Opercular series
Sex
• Estimation percentage of Sex
• Male = ? %
• Female = ? %
• Sex ratio of Parapocryptes serperaster : 1: 1
How to determine sex
Size
• Marketable size (7-12 months)
• Size class
Genetic structure