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Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Morone chrysops | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Egg adhesion was eliminated by a 7-min bath in tannic acid (150 mg/L water) | Non-Adhesive |
Morone chrysops | Egg | Temperature for incubation | Incubated at 19°C | 19.0 °C |
Morone chrysops | Female | Age at sexual maturity | At 2 years of age in reared conditions, all female were mature | 2.0 year |
Morone chrysops | Female | Length at sexual maturity | Mean length of females selected for hatchery trials in 1994 were 292 mm TL (age 2) and 310 (age 3) | 1994.0 cm |
Morone chrysops | Female | Relative fecundity | Mean estimated egg production was 98,273 eggs/kg for 2-year-old fish and 127,805 eggs/kg for 3-year-old fish | 98.0 thousand eggs/kg |
Morone chrysops | Male | Age at sexual maturity | At 1 year of age, a few males were mature, and by 2 years all males were mature, in reared conditions | 1.0 years |
Morone chrysops | Male | Length at sexual maturity | Mean length of males selected for hatchery trials in 1994 were 278 mm TL (age 2) and 298 (age 3) | 1994.0 cm |