Fecundity of the blotched picarel, Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) from Oran Bay (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Fatiha  Dalouche; Lotfi Bensahla  Talet; Ahmed Bensahla  Talet; Sidi Mohamed El Amine  Abi Ayad

doi:10.17017/j.fish.5

Fatiha Dalouche Laboratoire d’Aquaculture et de Bioremediation (AQUABIOR), Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University Oran1 Ahmed BENBELLA, Oran 31000
Lotfi Bensahla Talet Laboratoire d’Aquaculture et de Bioremediation (AQUABIOR), Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University Oran1 Ahmed BENBELLA, Oran 31000 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-2079
Ahmed Bensahla Talet Laboratoire d’Aquaculture et de Bioremediation (AQUABIOR), Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University Oran1 Ahmed BENBELLA, Oran 31000
Sidi Mohamed El Amine Abi Ayad Laboratoire d’Aquaculture et de Bioremediation (AQUABIOR), Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University Oran1 Ahmed BENBELLA, Oran 31000

Keywords: Blotched picarel, Spicara maena, Sparidae, fecundity, Oran Bay

Abstract

The fecundity of the blotched picarel Spicara maena from the western Mediterranean (Oran Bay) was assessed by the volumetric method. Total length (TL) of studied females varied between 91 and 140 mm (mean ± SD: 111.9 ± 10.6 mm). Estimates of total potential annual fecundity varied from 16750 to 28125 oocytes per individual (mean ± SD: 21404.7 ± 2698.8). Relationships between total potential fecundity (F) and TL, total weight, gonad weight were established using the multiplicative regression model and a high significant correlation was found in all the cases.

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