Modeling the Individual Growth of the Bonnethead Shark Sphyrna tiburo of the Western Gulf of Mexico Using the Multimodel Approach

To describe the growth pattern of bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo) in Gulf Mexico, a von Bertalanffy (VB) model has been automatically fit, which indicated single−phase continuous without oscillations, though this would generate biases if hypothesis is not confirmed. The objective research was to S. tiburo under multimodel approach based on information theory and contrasting models (VB, Gompertz, logistic models, variants) biphasic (Soriano variants). VB supported. Soriano model, with variant rate (k) including length at birth (L0), selected 100% supporting evidence. two−phase an increase k, more than L∞, fitted L0, confirmed, correspondence identified between growth−phase change sizes reported literature for juvenile–adult stages females onset reproductive maturity males both sexes.