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Validation of annulus formation, using marginal increment analysis, indicated that opercles and otoliths form an annulus from late May to late June. Opercle and otolith age estimates had the highest percent agreement, lowest variability, and the greatest precision. Opercles and otoliths but not scales or fin rays, were validated as reliable estimators of age in river redhorse. The 250 fish sampled contained age-classes 1-15 with an approximate age-at-maturity of 5 years. 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