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Evidence for sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and its possible causes were examined in the endangered Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius, a large, piscivorous, cyprinid endemic to the Colorado River system of North America. Individuals representing 18?24% of the upper Colorado River population were captured, measured, sexed and released in 1999 and 2000. Differing male and female total length-(LT) frequency distributions revealed SSD with females having greater mean and maximum sizes than males. Although both sexes exhibit indeterminate post-maturity growth, growth trajectories differed. The point of trajectory divergence was not established, but slowed male growth might coincide with the onset of maturation....
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Tags: Colorado pikeminnow,
Journal of Fish Biology,
Ptychocheilus lucius,
age at first reproduction,
growth rate,
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