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Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Pigfish, Orthropristis chrysoptera

Eric J. Cassiano, Cortney L. Ohs, and Jeff E. Hill


Release Date: 4/26/2018

Reviewed At: 10/3/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fa160-2009

Agriculture

About this Publication

This document is FA160, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2009. Revised March 2018. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Eric J. Cassiano, biological scientist; Cortney L. Ohs, associate professor; and Jeff E. Hill, associate professor; School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Cassiano, E. J., Ohs, C. L., & Hill, J. E. (2010). Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Pigfish, Orthropristis chrysoptera. EDIS, 2010(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa160-2009

Authors

Eric Cassiano
Eric Cassiano
Specialist
University of Florida

Extension associate scientist, UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program

Cortney Ohs
Cortney Ohs
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor and Florida Sea Grant aquaculture specialist, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Extension Center

Jeffrey Hill
Jeffrey Hill
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, non-native species and aquaculture, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, UF/IFAS Extension Tropical Aquaculture Lab, Ruskin, FL

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