Table 2. Age-specific observed and predicted size and natural mortality for yellowfin grouper from the SEUS.

Observed and predicted mean fork length (FL) from the freely estimated growth model, measured in millimeters, and natural mortality at age (M, Charnov, Gislason & Pope, 2013) data for yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa) collected from 1979 to 2014 along the coast of the southeastern United States. Standard errors of the means (SE) are provided in parentheses.

Age	n	Mean FL (±SE)	FL range	Predicted FL	M
1				308	1.59
2				380	0.83
3	4	428 (11)	405–453	445	0.57
4	9	533 (20)	413–600	502	0.44
5	20	583 (13)	457–703	553	0.36
6	30	618 (11)	500–820	599	0.31
7	22	649 (9)	537–710	639	0.28
8	23	687 (11)	597–810	675	0.25
9	21	717 (13)	617–820	707	0.24
10	22	736 (7)	674–788	735	0.22
11	20	753 (11)	635–830	760	0.21
12	30	782 (10)	644–850	783	0.21
13	24	793 (10)	692–872	803	0.20
14	14	828 (13)	742–910	821	0.19
15	14	821 (13)	705–880	836	0.19
16	19	847 (13)	754–960	851	0.19
17	7	874 (11)	840–915	863	0.18
18	8	871 (17)	805–928	874	0.18
19	7	884 (18)	823–940	884	0.18
20	3	882 (27)	850–935	893	0.18
21	3	880 (48)	850–935	901	0.18
22	2	922 (37)	885–958	908	0.18
23				914	0.17
24	1	998		920	0.17
25	1	870		924	0.17
26				929	0.17
27				933	0.17
28	1	1,000		936	0.17
29				939	0.17
30				942	0.17
31	1	900		944	0.17