| [age and growth of the grunt, haemulon steindachneri (perciformis: haemulidae), from the southwest area of margarita island, venezuela]. | studies on fish age and growth are essential to establish models on population dynamics. we determined age and growth of the grunt haemulon steindachneri from the southwest margarita island using sagita otoliths (direct method) and length frequency (indirect method). a total of 953 individuals were captured by the handcrafted fleet from boca del rio (margarita island) between july 2005 and june 2006. the length-weight relation was established and growth parameters from both curves (length and we ... | 2010 | 20411724 |