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Comparative reproductive biology of Sciaenidae family species in the Río de la Plata and Buenos Aires Coastal Zone, Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2012

M.I. Militelli ,
G.J. Macchi  and
K.A. Rodrigues
M.I. Militelli*
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Paseo Victoria Ocampo N° 1, CC.175, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), República Argentina
G.J. Macchi
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Paseo Victoria Ocampo N° 1, CC.175, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), República Argentina
K.A. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Paseo Victoria Ocampo N° 1, CC.175, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), República Argentina
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Correspondence should be addressed to: M.I. Militelli, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Paseo Victoria Ocampo N° 1, CC.175, Mar del Plata (7600) email: militell@inidep.edu.ar
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Abstract

A comparative analysis on various aspects of the reproductive biology of 7 Sciaenidae family species was done. In addition the reproductive parameters needed for stock assessment models were provided. The research covered the analysis of the duration of the breeding season and the estimation of reproductive variables such as size at maturity, fecundity and spawning frequency. When all species were considered together, some aspects of reproduction were similar, regarding the reproductive strategy; all species are batch spawners with indeterminate fecundity and an extensive reproductive season (approximately six months) except for Pogonias cromis, which showed a more limited spawning season (three months). With regard to reproductive potential, wide differences in fecundity values mainly due to the different sizes attained by each species were observed (range in batch fecundity values between 5000 and 2,800,000 hydrated oocytes). However, when relative fecundity was compared, average values were generally similar, ranging approximately between 150 and 200 hydrated oocytes per female gram. Pogonias cromis is the exception within this group, because the mean relative fecundity ranged between 75 and 98 hydrated oocytes per ovary-free female gram. This difference may be a consequence of the greater oocyte size reached by P. cromis eggs (1100–1400 μm) compared to the rest of sciaenid analysed (750–900).

Keywords

Sciaenidaereproductive strategyreproductive potentiallength at first maturityfecundityspawning frequency
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Special Issue 2: Fish and Fisheries , March 2013 , pp. 413 - 423
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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