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Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Morone saxatilis | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Planktonic | Pelagic |
Morone saxatilis | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Planktonic | Demersal |
Morone saxatilis | Female | Age at sexual maturity | Most of the studies indicate that females do not mature until at least 4 years, and, in most cases, not until 5 years of age | 4.0 year |
Morone saxatilis | Female | Relative fecundity | 46-86 [Fecundity measured are 201 000 [Mass 4300 g], 417 000 [Mass 5300 g], 704 000 [Mass 8500 g], 1390 [Mass 15 500 g]] | 66.0 thousand eggs/kg |
Morone saxatilis | Female | Absolute fecundity | Mean fecundity for striped bass were 349.095 ± 157.343 [Size class I] and 463.130 ± 192.302 [Size class II] | 349.1 thousand eggs |
Morone saxatilis | Female | Oocyte development | Group-synchronous development | Group-synchronous |
Morone saxatilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Spawning occurs in several deltaic channels c. 16-50 km inland from the Atlantic Ocean in the freshwater portion | 33.0 km |
Morone saxatilis | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Deltaic channels | No category |