Reproduction of Aphanopus carbo
Document source: http://www.fishbase.de/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=646&GenusName=Aphanopus&SpeciesName=carbo&fc=415&StockCode=662
 
Main Ref. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993
Mode dioecism
Fertilization external
Mating type
Spawning frequency one clear seasonal peak per year
Spawning aggregation Ref.  
Batch spawner Ref.  Neves, A., A.R. Vieira, I. Farias, I. Figueiredo, V. Sequeira and L.S. Gordo, 2009
Reproductive guild nonguarders
open water/substratum egg scatterers
Parental Care none
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Displays determinate fecundity (Ref. 108695). Mature individuals undertake horizontal migration to spawning and nursery grounds (Ref. 108708). Suspended pre-spawning stages occurred in some areas of the Northeast Atlantic caused by atresia in ovaries (Ref. 108708).
Search for more references on reproduction Scirus
(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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