Contribución al conocimiento de la biología del sábalo (Prochilodus platensis Holmberg).

Análisis del crecimiento y estudio bioeconómico del sábalo (Prochilodus platensis Holmberg) en la cuenca del Plata. (PDF tiene 31 paginas.)

Una contribución al conocimiento del Dorado (Salminus maxillosus Cuv. y Val.)

Este trabajo surge de la monografía realizada por el autor para optar al título de Doctor en Ciencias Naturales de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, UNLP y trata sobre el pez sudamericano Salminus maxillosus Cuv. y Val., conocido popularmente bajo el nombre de "Dorado", (PDF tiene 72 paginas.)

Contribución al conocimiento del Tachysurus barbus (Lacépède), bagre del Mar Argentino (Pisces, Ariidae).

A las costas bonaerenses llega en en verano ese típico representante de la fauna sudbrasileña, cuyo estudio consideramos de interés por ser el único bagre que en cierta cantidad suele ser capturado en Mar del Plata y Necochea cuando se realiza la pesca de especies de interés comercial. Damos la sinonimia, descripción y distribución de la especie y, como contribución a su conocimiento, el estudio anatómico del aparato digestivo.

Contribución al conocimiento de la biología del surel (Trachurus picturatus australis) del área de Mar del Plata (Pisces, Carangidae)

The individuals studied came from commercial catches on the coastal area off Mar del Plata. The monthly distribution of sizes shows that the juvenile stay in coastal waters, while the adult individuals leave those waters during winter season to return there in the spring during the season of sexual maturation and spawning, when the water reaches temperature of 10-11°C. The jack mackerel is a relatively small fish, compared with other species of its genus, and has a total length of scarcely 25 cm. The comparison of indexes and mesurements does not reveal any marked difference between sexes, except for the total length, which is greater in the females. Sexually nature individuals at a lenth of 13 cm have been found. Spawning takes place in coastal waters. A great part of the population spawns from December to January. There are oscillations ranging from November to March. On this latter month mature individuals of smaller size have veen found. The jack mackerel feeds usually on copepods and other planktonic organims, but it can feed also on juveniles of other fishes. This fish is caught throghout the whole year. The catches show their greater peak during winter; one other non-constant peak occurs during the spring (October-November) and declines shoraply during the summer months. It follows from this that the time of greates catch does not coincide with spawning season, or with the appearence of the greatest mean sizes. This happens because the interests of the fishermen are attracted during those months by others species of greater commercial value.