Confirmation of serial spawning in the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii off the coast of South Africa

Authors
Melo, YC Sauer, WHH
Citation
Yc. Melo et Whh. Sauer, Confirmation of serial spawning in the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii off the coast of South Africa, MARINE BIOL, 135(2), 1999, pp. 307-313
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
MARINE BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00253162 → ACNP
Volume
135
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
307 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3162(199911)135:2<307:COSSIT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Ovary maturation and spawning in the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii were investigated by collecting squid from across their distributional ran ge on the southeastern coast of South Africa between 1992 and 1993. Based o n histological examination of the ovarian tissue and the separation of mult iple modes in oocyte size-frequency distribution, ovary development was cha racterised by eight distinct stages. Our study confirms serial spawning in L. v. reynaudii.