“…Martinelli (2010) also found similar data regarding the allometry of C. undecimalis in Ponta Negra, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, and Gassman et al (2017) found similar data in their studies with this species in Venezuela. The positive allometry of females can be attributed to the availability of food resources in the study environment, to the fact that females need more energy for reproduction, to the food ecology strategies of the common snook described by Nascimento et al (2021) and Souza et al (2021) in the Tutóia region, state of Maranhão, as well as to the fact that the study area is inserted in the Parnaíba Delta Environmental Protection Area (EPA), a sustainable use conservation unit administered by The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), created by a decree (no number) of 08/28/1996, at the request of environmentalists to protect the coastal ecosystem formed by mangroves and dunes located in the states of Maranhão and Piauí (Brasil, 2002;Silva, 2018).…”