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- Title
Evaluation of Reproductive Capacity in Pond-Reared Penaeus monodon after Unilateral Eyestalk Ablation.
- Authors
Weigeng Wen; Xu Chen; Wang Zhao; Qibin Yang; Jian G. Qin; Zhenhua Ma
- Abstract
This study investigated the reproductive capacity of pond-reared female Penaeus monodon after unilateral eyestalk ablation. A total of 240 females (57.0-143.3g) were used as broodstocks in a continuous threeyear breeding experiment. After unilateral eyestalk ablation, the relationships of egg and nauplii at the first spawning event and female bodyweight were evaluated. At each spawning, a female could produce 120000-1250000 eggs which hatched into 80,000-950,000 nauplii. The egg hatching rate at each spawning varied from 27.4% to 86.3% without particular patterns of correlation with female body weight. The fecundity of pond-reared female P. monodon varied from 2 100 to 9 400 eggs per gram of bodyweight, and females with medium size of 85-120 g showed greater fecundity (around 9000 eggs/g) in comparison with smaller and larger counterparts. This study indicates that reproductive capacity of pond-reared female P. monodon is significantly related to bodyweight with a desirable size of 85-120 g as female broodstocks.
- Subjects
PENAEUS monodon; SPAWNING; EGG incubation; BODY weight; FERTILITY
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2020, Vol 52, Issue 4, p1283
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17582/journal.pjz/20190518040508