Courtship and spawning behaviors of carangid species in Belize


Autoria(s): Graham, Rachel T.; Castellanos, Daniel W.
Data(s)

2005

Resumo

Many species of reef f ish agg regate seasonally in large numbers to spawn at predictable times and sites (Johannes, 1978; Sadovy, 1996; Domeier and Colin, 1997). Although spawning behavior has been observed for many reef fish in the wild (Wicklund, 1969; Smith, 1972; Johannes, 1978; Sadovy et al., 1994; Aguilar Perera and Aguilar Davila, 1996), few records exist of observations on the courtship or natural spawning for the commercially important family Carangidae (jacks) (von Westernhagen, 1974; Johannes, 1981; Sala et al., 2003). In this study, we present the first observations on the natural spawning behavior of the economically-valuable permit (Trachinotus falcatus)(Linnaeus, 1758) from the full to new moon period at reef promontories in Belize, with notes on the spawning of the yellow jack (Carangoides bartholomaei) (Cuvier, 1833), and the courtship of five other carangid species.

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http://aquaticcommons.org/9626/1/graham.pdf

Graham, Rachel T. and Castellanos, Daniel W. (2005) Courtship and spawning behaviors of carangid species in Belize. Fishery Bulletin, 103(2), pp. 426-432.

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en

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http://aquaticcommons.org/9626/

http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1032/graham.pdf

Palavras-Chave #Biology #Ecology #Fisheries
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Article

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