DESCRIPTION OF THE WRECKFISH (Polyprion americanus) REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE IN CAPTIVITY
Martínez-Vázquez, J.M. (Juan Manuel); Pérez-Rial, E. (Evaristo); Peleteiro-Alonso, J.B. (José Benito); Linares, F. (Fátima); Rodírguez, J.L. (José Luis); Vilar, A. (Antonio); Cal, R. (Rosa); Álvarez-Blázquez, B. (Blanca)
Within the DIVERSIFY project for the diversification of species in European aquaculture, wreckfish is a special case because of its late sexual maturation, which does not occur until 7-8 years of age (Peleteiro and Brunzón, 2014), besides existing very few data on its reproductive biology because it is a demersal species whose adult specimens tend to live at the range of 100-1000 meters of deep. This work sets out the progress made in the study of the reproductive cycle of this species in stocks established in Galicia (Spain).
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