Publication Date:
2021-09-24
Description:
Spawning of bonga (Ethmalosa fimbriata Bowdich) takes place in polyhalin waters (Sppt. 〉 5ppt.). Migrations of young fish were studied by the mean of length data observed in different points of the lagoon from the artisanal fishery. Bonga remain 4 months in the hatchery (6 cm), before they expand in the whole lagoon until the age of 9/10 months. After this expansion phase, the fishes come back to the spawning fields (spawning length: 14/15 cm). Postspawning fishes leave the lagoon. Between birth and spawning, bonga are not affected by salinity changes, but reproduction occurs only in waters where salinity is higher than 5ppt.
Keywords:
Biology
;
Ecology
;
Fisheries
;
Côte d'Ivoire
;
Lagune Ebrié
;
Ethmalosa fimbriata
;
bonga
;
spawning
;
salinity
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
article
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
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