A CONTR I BWT 1 ON TO THE STUOY OF THE GROWTH OF MEMBERS OF THE GENUS STOLBFHORUS IACEPEDE I N SINGAPORE STRAITS Tham Ah

Describes the study of the growth of three species of the Genus StoZep?wmc8 Lacepede, com-monly found in Singapore Straits by using length frequency data of saupleseollecled at frequent intervals over an extended period of t i m e. The method of Gulland E Holt (1959) was used to cal-culate the constants K {catabolic growth coeffi-cient and L a (asymptotic length) of the von Bertalanffy growth equation. An attempt was made to estimate the value of to(hypothetical age at zem length of the fish), Some of the problems encountemd in the study of'the growth of marine f i sh in Singapore Straits are discussed. The members of the genus StoZephorzcs kcepede comonly found i