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. 2020 Mar;96(3):825-830.
doi: 10.1111/jfb.14250. Epub 2020 Jan 21.

Induced spawning and embryonic and early larval development of bonefish (Albula vulpes)

Williams R Halstead  1 , Sahar Mejri  1 , Anthony C Cianciotto  1 , Paul S Wills  1 , Travis E Van Leeuwen  2   3 , Aaron J Adams  1   4 , Shenker M Jonathan  5
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Induced spawning and embryonic and early larval development of bonefish (Albula vulpes)

Williams R Halstead et al. J Fish Biol. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

Bonefish (Albula vulpes L.) are a highly prized sport fish. Despite their economic importance, populations in the Florida Keys and Caribbean are in decline, with the early life history undescribed. Injections of carp pituitary extract into A. vulpes during the advanced stages of ovarian development induced ovulation and spawning. Embryos were sampled hourly until hatching into undeveloped, yolk-sac leptocephalus larvae. These larvae survived 56 h post-hatch, when myomeres and eyes were developing but not the mouth. These results inform future research on the reproduction and early life history of A. vulpes.

Keywords: bonefish, CPE, embryos, leptocephalus larvae, ovulation, spawning.

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