Spawning season, recruitment and early life distribution of Anchoa tricolor (Spix and Agassiz, 1829) in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Fg. Araújo¹  Ma. Silva¹  Mcc. Azevedo¹  Jns. Santos¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes Seropédica RJ ,Brazil

关键词: reproduction;    condition;    anchovies;    Engraulidae;    recruitment;    reprodução;    condição;    manjubas;    Engraulidae;    recrutamento;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842008000400018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The pattern of the use of the Sepetiba Bay, a semi-closed 450 km² area in southeastern Brazil, by Anchoa tricolor was investigated to assess spawning period, recruitment and to detect spatial-temporal patterns of this major fishery resource. Fishes were sampled by seine nets, from spring, 1998 to winter, 1999 and by beach seine, from spring, 1998 to winter, 2000. Reproductive season, measured in terms of GSI, gonad development and appearance of recruits, indicate that reproduction occurs from August to March, when they reach the best condition. Recruitment peaks in winter/spring at sandy beaches where they stay until late summer, moving toward deeper bay areas during autumn. After that, they join adults and perform movements between the bay and the adjacent continental shelf to reproduce.

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