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Confirmation of serial spawning in the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii off the coast of South Africa

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Ovary maturation and spawning in the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii were investigated by collecting squid from across their distributional range on the southeastern coast of South Africa between 1992 and 1993. Based on histological examination of the ovarian tissue and the separation of multiple modes in oocyte size-frequency distribution, ovary development was characterised by eight distinct stages. Our study confirms serial spawning in L. v. reynaudii.

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  1. Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Private Bag X2, Roggebaai, 8012, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, , , , , , ZA

    Y. C. Melo

  2. Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, P.O. Box 94, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, Republic of South Africa, , , , , , ZA

    W. H. H. Sauer

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Received: 9 October 1998 / Accepted: 22 April 1999

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Melo, Y., Sauer, W. Confirmation of serial spawning in the chokka squid Loligo vulgaris reynaudii off the coast of South Africa. Marine Biology 135, 307–313 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050628

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