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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Fisheries Biology, College of Fisheries Biology, Ratnagiri M.S., IN
2 Department of Fisheries Biology,
College of Fisheries Biology,
Ratnagiri M.S., IN
Source
The Asian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 8, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 16-19
Abstract
Horse mackerel, Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) is a migratory pelagic species, found in abundance along the south west coast of India. Monthly distribution of maturity stages showed that the spawning season ofM. cordyla starts from May-August to January with peak spawning during May to October. Total 300 ovaries were studied using the ova diameter measurements for a period of one year. In present study, the ova-diameter ranged between 0.2 to 0.82 mm. with the largest ova recorded during May - October and the smallest during December. The peak spawning season was recorded during April - October forM. cordyla. The observations corresponded to the ovarian development in this fish.
Keywords
megalaspis Cordyla, Reproduction, Ova Diameter, Maturity Stages.
