Cerda et al, 1994


Citation

Cerda, J. and Carrillo, M. and Zanuy, S. and Ramos, J. and de la Higuera, M. (1994) Influence of nutritional composition of diet on sea bass, dicentrarchus labrax L., reproductive performance and egg and larval quality. Aquaculture, pp. 345-361

Associated characteristics

Species Development state Trait Primary Data Secondary Data
Dicentrarchus labrax Egg Oocyte diameter Mean of 1.15 1.15 mm
Dicentrarchus labrax Egg Egg size after water-hardening 1.18 ± 0.01 [Fertilized eggs] 1.18 mm
Dicentrarchus labrax Egg Egg Buoyancy Buoyant eggs Pelagic
Dicentrarchus labrax Egg Incubation time 48-72 hours at 16-17°C 60.0 days
Dicentrarchus labrax Egg Temperature for incubation 15 ± 0.5°C 15.0 °C
Dicentrarchus labrax Egg Temperature for incubation 16-17 16.5 °C
Dicentrarchus labrax Larvae Initial larval size Mean of 3.73 and 3.85 for two different treatments 3.73 mm
Dicentrarchus labrax Larvae Initial larval size 4.95 ± 0.01 4.95 mm
Dicentrarchus labrax Larvae Temperature during larval development 15 ± 0.5°C 15.0 °C
Dicentrarchus labrax Larvae Onset of exogeneous feeding Time of first feeding (8-9 days from hatching at 15°C) at a length of 4.78 mm 8.5 °C * day
Dicentrarchus labrax Larvae Onset of exogeneous feeding At the time of first-feeding 8-9 days post-hatching at 16°C 8.5 °C * day
Dicentrarchus labrax Female Relative fecundity 188-244 216.0 thousand eggs/kg
Dicentrarchus labrax Female Relative fecundity Mean 357 357.0 thousand eggs/kg
Dicentrarchus labrax Female Absolute fecundity Vary between 135 and 210 135.0 thousand eggs
Dicentrarchus labrax Female Absolute fecundity Mean 664 664.0 thousand eggs
Dicentrarchus labrax Male Spermatogenesis duration With both diets, males were running (mitting sperm on gentle hand pressure) from early November to late April 3.0 months
Dicentrarchus labrax Spawning conditions Spawning period duration Female fish fed D1 showed a spawning period of 93 days, with the first spawning occuring in early January and the last in the first half of April. The second dietary treatment slightly extended the spawning spread to 104 days 1.0 weeks
Dicentrarchus labrax Spawning conditions Spawning period duration 73 days 73.0 weeks