Male - Spermatogenesis duration

(1-9 months)



Species Primary Data Secondary Data Reference
Aphanius iberus From September until January 5.0 Fernandez-Delgado et al, 1988
Valencia hispanica From January to March 4.0 Caiola et al, 2001
Cobitis taenia Spermatogenesis occurs in males not onyl from May to July, but also in autumn. During winter, the testes were still filled with spermatozoa, with spermatogonia located in the wall of the lobules. Therefore the winter phase of quiscence is not folled by the depletion of the testes which remain full of sperm throughout the year 10.0 Marconato and Rasotto, 1989
Cobitis paludica From October to April 7.0 Oliva-Paterna et al, 2002
Aspius aspius From September to April 8.0 Kompowski et Neja, 2004
Cyprinus carpio Spermiogenesis is very short in carp [the completion of spermatogenesis is in october] 0.0 Billard et al, 1995
Cyprinus carpio Although the spermatogenesis is continuous there is a male gonadal cycle which increases in September and decreases around May 3.0 Crivelli, 1981
Cyprinus carpio Spermatogenesis was continuous and spermatogonia, psermatocytes, spermatids and sperm co-occurred in most testes throughout the spawning and non-spawning periods. Thus, males are euipped to spawn at any time during the year, but there is a defined gonadal cycle with a peak in Ig before the onset of spawning 0.0 Smith and Walker, 2004
Gobio gobio During autumn and finish at the end of spring 7.0 Kestemond, 1989
Leuciscus leuciscus [From mid-April to mid-August] 6.0 Mann, 1974
Phoxinus phoxinus March-April 3.0 Mills, 1987
Rutilus rutilus 7 months [Duration between the beginning of spermatogonial multiplications and the appartion of spermatozoa] 7.0 Escaffre and Billard, 1976
Tinca tinca About 2 (April-May) 2.0 Breton et al, 1980
Tinca tinca For spermatogonia divisions 700 degree days are needed and 1000 degree days for spermiogenesis 700.0 Linhart and Billard, 1995
Esox lucius The entire process of spermatogenesis is short about 2 months, from August to November 2.0 Billard, 1996
Esox lucius 2-3 [From end of August to November-December] 2.5 Souchon, 1983
Esox lucius The developing stage and active spermatogenesis last from September until the end of November 3.0 Lenhardt and Cakic, 2002
Micropterus salmoides 6-7 (From October to March-April) 6.5 Rosenblum et al, 1994
Dicentrarchus labrax One month (Spematozoa present in November) 2.0 Prat et al. (1990) General And Comparative Endocrinology 78, 361-373
Dicentrarchus labrax All males were spermiating from December to March 5.0 Prat et al, 1999
Dicentrarchus labrax With both diets, males were running (mitting sperm on gentle hand pressure) from early November to late April 3.0 Cerda et al, 1994
Perca flavescens Spermatigenesis is completed by December 2.0 Dabrowski et al, 1996
Perca flavescens Rapid, within 6 weeks than testes steadily lose weight to reach 4-6% at spawning 5.0 Heidinger and Kayes, 1986
Perca fluviatilis 1.5 [The development of the testes occurred within about 6 weeks in end of August and September] 1.5 Sulistyo et al, 2000
Perca fluviatilis About 6 weeks 6.0 Le Cren, 1951
Sander vitreus From October until December 4.0 Malison et al, 1994
Oncorhynchus mykiss 2 2.0 Escaffre et Billard. Cahiers du Laboratoire de Montereau N°3 (Novembre 1976) 43-46
Oncorhynchus mykiss Spermiation began in October and lested until January [Lowest Gsi in June and July] 5.0 Ya-yi et al, 2001
Salmo trutta fario Spermatogenesis is a very rapid process, about 2 months (or less) 2.0 Billard, 1987
Silurus glanis 2 months [July to September] 2.0 Zholdasova and Guseva, 1987