Tab. 4. Estimates of growth parameters (L _∞, k e t ₀) and confidence intervals for females and males Piaractus mesopotamicus of the Cuiabá River basin.

	Females		Males
	Estimate	95% IC	Estimate	95% IC
L ∞ (cm)	64.99	59.51 - 72.46	63.23	55.98 - 74.51
k (yr-1)	0.230	0.183- 0.283	0.196	0.143 - 0.254
t 0 (yr)	-1.330	-1.584- -1.102	-1.530	-1.860- -1.242