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Growth parameters for Merluccius merluccius
 
Maximum Length 140cm TL
n = 139
Note that studies where Loo is very different (+/- 1/3) from Lmax are doubtful.
Auximetric graph [n = 139]
Lm vs Linf graph [n = 11]
Reproductive graph [n = 6]
M vs K graph [n = 13]
M vs Linf graph [n = 13]
Longevity vs 3/K graph [n = 11]
ø = 2.75
L inf = 81.7 cm TL
K = 0.1
Median record no. 70
56798Ref. 56798
Loo
(cm)		 Length Type K
(1/y)		 to
(years)		 Sex M
(1/y)		 Temp° C Lm Ø' Country Locality Questionable Captive
19.7 TL 0.446 14.0 2.24 Spain Capet Bank, Costa Brava, 90 m Yes No
28.9 TL 0.634 14.0 2.72 Spain Can Farré Bank, Costa Brava, 400 m Yes No
38.4 TL 0.220 14.0 2.51 Algeria Mediterranean, North Africa No No
40.0 TL 0.200 14.0 2.51 Tunisia No No
40.1 TL 0.270 M 0.50 14.0 2.64 Algeria Bou-Ismail No No
42.1 TL 0.405 -0.01 14.0 2.86 Italy Mediterranean, off Fano Yes No
43.3 TL 0.142 14.0 2.43 Spain off Castellon No No
44.0 TL 0.130 M 0.60 14.0 23.0 2.40 Turkey Marmara Sea No No
48.7 TL 0.321 M 2.88 Algeria Algerian coasts No No
48.7 TL 0.321 M 2.88 Algeria central Algerian coast No No
49.0 TL 0.209 2.70 Italy Ligurian Sea No No
49.4 TL 0.290 -0.01 M 2.85 Italy Strait of Sicily No No
49.8 TL 0.280 -0.33 M 2.84 Italy Ligurian Sea No No
50.7 TL 0.200 M 0.39 13.2 2.71 France Gulf of Lion No No
51.5 TL 0.200 F 0.29 14.0 2.72 Algeria Bou-Ismail No No
51.5 TL 0.220 2.77 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
51.8 TL 0.181 -0.55 M 2.69 Italy N. Ionian Sea No No
51.8 TL 0.180 -0.55 M 2.68 Italy Cape Otranto (40° 06'N, 18° 31'E) and Cappe Passero (36° 41'N, 15° 10'E), Ionian Sea No No
52.0 TL 0.180 -0.56 M 2.69 Italy Ionian Sea No No
53.4 TL 0.272 M 2.89 Italy North Tyrrhenian Sea No No
55.0 TL 0.250 M 2.88 Italy Tyrrhenian Sea No No
55.8 TL 0.179 -0.42 M 0.32 13.0 26.0 2.75 France Gulf of Lion No No
57.0 TL 0.170 -0.83 M 2.74 Croatia No No
57.1 TL 0.163 -0.39 M 14.2 2.73 Italy Sicilian Channel No No
59.3 TL 0.190 -0.85 M 0.20 14.0 28.0 2.82 Tunisia Gulf of Tunis No No
59.6 TL 0.390 14.0 3.14 Spain Malica Bank, Costa Brava, 500 m No No
59.8 TL 0.145 -1.60 14.0 2.71 Greece Evvoikos Gulf No No
60.0 TL 0.100 F 0.50 14.0 27.0 2.56 Turkey Marmara Sea No No
60.0 TL 0.300 14.0 3.03 Greece Saronikos Gulf No No
60.8 TL 0.255 14.0 2.97 Spain Barana Bank, Costa Brava, 700 m No No
62.0 TL 0.344 14.0 3.12 Central Adriatic 43°20'N 15°10'E No No
62.0 TL 0.190 -0.39 F 2.86 Italy Ionian Sea No No
63.4 TL 0.150 -1.03 M 2.78 Spain NW Iberian waters (southern stock) No No
63.4 TL 0.150 -1.03 M 2.78 Spain Northwest Iberian waters No No
63.8 TL 0.075 14.0 2.48 Greece Patraikos Gulf No No
64.1 TL 0.167 0.30 M 2.84 Morocco Mediterranean coast No No
65.2 TL 0.103 -0.17 14.0 2.64 Greece North Aegean Sea No No
65.3 TL 0.181 14.0 2.89 France Mediterranean No No
65.9 TL 0.068 0.15 15.5 2.47 Greece Korinthiakos Gulf No No
66.0 TL 0.195 M 2.93 France Gulf of Lions No No
67.5 TL 0.159 -0.44 F 2.86 Croatia No No
67.5 TL 0.144 -0.88 2.82 Croatia No No
68.8 TL 0.150 F 0.34 13.2 2.85 France Gulf of Lion No No
69.4 TL 0.145 -0.35 F 0.25 14.2 2.84 Italy Sicilian Channel No No
69.6 TL 0.141 -0.73 F 2.83 Italy N. Ionian Sea No No
69.6 TL 0.140 -0.73 F 2.83 Italy Cape Otranto (40° 06'N, 18° 31'E) and Cappe Passero (36° 41'N, 15° 10'E), Ionian Sea No No
70.0 TL 0.184 -0.97 M 32.8 2.96 Portugal Northwest Iberian Peninsula No No
70.0 TL 0.184 -0.97 M 2.96 Spain North and Northwest Iberian waters No No
70.7 TL 0.180 -0.18 F 20.0 2.95 Italy Strait of Sicily No No
71.4 TL 0.160 14.0 2.91 Tunisia Mediterranean No No
71.7 TL 0.081 14.0 2.62 Greece Ionian Sea, 1983-85 No No
72.8 TL 0.149 F 2.90 France Gulf of Lion No No
72.8 TL 0.233 M 3.09 France Gulf of Lions No No
73.0 TL 0.156 -0.80 F 0.20 14.2 38.0 2.92 Tunisia Gulf of Tunis No No
73.6 TL 0.240 -0.62 3.11 Greece Saronikos Gulf No No
75.7 TL 0.153 -0.14 M 2.94 Italy Adriatic No No
76.6 TL 0.104 -1.30 2.79 Morocco No No
78.0 TL 0.130 2.90 Croatia No No
78.1 TL 0.201 -0.31 F 3.09 Italy Ligurian Sea No No
78.5 TL 0.106 -0.42 M 2.82 Morocco Strait of Gibraltar No No
79.1 TL 0.185 F 3.06 Italy North Tyrrhenian Sea No No
80.0 TL 0.181 -0.72 M 3.06 France Bay of Biscay (north stock) No No
80.0 TL 0.181 -0.72 M 3.06 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
80.0 TL 0.436 M 3.45 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
80.2 TL 0.110 F 0.25 13.2 42.0 2.85 France Gulf of Lion No No
80.6 TL 0.139 F 2.96 Algeria Algerian coasts No No
80.6 TL 0.139 F 2.96 Algeria central Algerian coast No No
81.5 TL 0.150 -0.08 3.00 Malta Malta Island and South of Sicily (GSA 15-16) No No
81.6 TL 0.124 0.20 F 2.92 Morocco Mediterranean coast No No
81.7 TL 0.085 -1.16 2.75 Turkey Hekim and Uzum Islands, Izmir Bay No No
82.6 TL 0.126 -0.31 F 2.93 Italy Adriatic No No
83.0 TL 0.148 -0.42 M 3.01 France Bay of Biscay No No
83.0 TL 0.148 -0.42 M 3.01 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
83.3 TL 0.125 -0.73 2.94 Croatia Adriatic Sea No No
83.9 TL 0.296 11.0 3.32 Ireland No No
85.0 TL 0.210 14.0 3.18 Morocco No No
85.0 TL 0.120 2.94 Italy N. central Adriatic Sea No No
85.0 TL 0.120 2.94 Croatia No No
85.0 TL 0.170 3.09 Spain Balearic Islands (GSA 5) No No
88.7 TL 0.127 -1.16 F 45.4 3.00 Portugal Northwest Iberian Peninsula No No
88.7 TL 0.127 -1.16 F 3.00 Spain North and Northwest Iberian waters No No
90.0 TL 0.190 M 25.0 3.19 Spain Santa Pola Bay No No
91.7 TL 0.072 -0.26 2.78 Spain Majorca Island No No
92.8 TL 0.097 -0.69 2.92 Croatia Jabuka Pit No No
92.8 TL 0.097 -0.63 2.92 Adriatic Sea No No
93.0 TL 0.100 F 2.94 Italy Tyrrhenian Sea No No
94.2 TL 0.090 0.30 13.0 2.90 Spain Baleares No No
94.2 TL 0.086 2.88 Spain Palma, Majorca Island No No
96.8 TL 0.081 -1.15 2.88 Morocco SW Mediterranean No No
97.9 TL 0.130 -0.02 3.10 Italy South Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10) No No
99.8 TL 0.060 -2.36 F 2.78 Spain NW Iberian waters (southern stock) No No
99.8 TL 0.060 -2.36 F 2.78 Spain Northwest Iberian waters No No
99.9 TL 0.060 -2.74 2.78 Spain NW Iberian waters No No
100.0 TL 0.158 14.0 3.20 Morocco 30-40° N No No
100.0 TL 0.067 -1.09 M 2.83 Morocco No No
100.0 TL 0.080 -1.42 2.90 Spain N and NW Iberian waters (southern stock) No No
100.0 TL 0.080 -1.42 2.90 Spain N and NW Iberian waters No No
100.7 TL 0.124 F 3.10 France Gulf of Lion No No
100.7 TL 0.236 F 3.38 France Gulf of Lions No No
100.7 TL 0.248 3.40 Italy Sardinia (GSA 11) No No
102.4 TL 0.075 -0.76 F 2.90 Morocco Strait of Gibraltar No No
103.0 TL 0.073 -1.53 F 14.0 2.89 Greece Tbermaikos Gulf No No
104.0 TL 0.075 -1.82 14.0 2.91 Greece Central Aegean Sea No No
104.0 TL 0.200 0.03 3.34 Italy Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9) No No
105.0 TL 0.200 F 31.0 3.34 Spain Santa Pola Bay No No
105.0 TL 0.184 11.0 3.31 France Gulf of Biscay No No
107.0 TL 0.200 0.00 3.36 Spain Gulf of Alicante, Mediterranean No No
107.0 TL 0.200 0.00 3.36 Italy Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19) No No
110.0 TL 0.065 -0.82 F 2.90 Morocco No No
110.0 TL 0.122 -0.62 F 3.17 France Bay of Biscay (north stock) No No
110.0 TL 0.064 -0.76 2.89 Morocco No No
110.0 TL 0.110 3.12 Italy Tyrrhenian Sea No No
110.0 TL 0.110 F 3.12 France Gulf of Lions No No
110.0 TL 0.122 -0.62 F 3.17 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
110.0 TL 0.261 F 3.50 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
112.0 TL 0.121 14.0 3.18 Morocco Agadir Bight No No
116.0 TL 0.098 -0.51 F 3.12 France Bay of Biscay No No
116.0 TL 0.098 -0.51 F 3.12 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
117.0 TL 0.062 -1.57 M 14.0 2.93 Greece Tbermaikos Gulf No No
123.7 TL 0.087 F 3.12 UK No Ireld NE Ireland No No
123.7 TL 0.087 F 3.12 Ireland Northeast coast No No
124.0 TL 0.070 F 3.03 UK No Ireld NE Ireland No No
124.0 TL 0.069 M 3.03 UK No Ireld NE Ireland No No
124.0 TL 0.070 F 3.03 Ireland Northeast coast No No
124.0 TL 0.069 M 3.03 Ireland Northeast coast No No
125.4 TL 0.070 3.04 Spain NW Iberian waters (southern stock) No No
125.4 TL 0.070 3.04 Spain NW Iberian waters No No
125.9 TL 0.204 3.51 UK Scotland Clyde and other Scottish Sea areas No No
125.9 TL 0.204 3.51 UK Scotland No No
126.4 TL 0.710 4.05 UK Scotland Yes No
126.9 TL 0.184 F 3.47 Spain Balearic Islands (Palma) No No
127.5 TL 0.073 -1.13 3.07 France Bay of Biscay (north stock) No No
127.5 TL 0.073 -1.13 3.07 Spain Bay of Biscay No No
128.6 TL 0.087 3.16 Ireland SW Ireland No No
128.6 TL 0.087 3.16 Ireland Southwest coast No No
171.8 TL 0.059 3.24 France Bay of Biscay No No
171.8 TL 0.059 3.24 France Golfe de Gascogne, Bay of Biscay No No
268.2 TL 0.024 M 3.24 UK No Ireld NE Ireland Yes No
268.2 TL 0.024 M 3.24 Ireland Northeast coast Yes No
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