Growth and maturation of the redlip parrotfish S carus rubroviolaceus

This study presents age‐based life‐history information for the red lip parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus based on a 5 year sampling programme from the commercial fishery of American Samoa. Females reached sexual maturity at 31·9 cm fork length ( L F ) and 2·6 years and sex change occurred at 42·3 cm L F , although not all females change sex through their ontogeny. The maximum observed age was 14 years and c. 65% of the fishery harvest was above the median L F at sex change.