Abstract

PEREA, Ángel; MORI, Julio; BUITRON, Betsy  and  SANCHEZ, Javier. Aspectos reproductivos del jurel Trachurus murphyiReproductive aspects of Jack mackerel Trachurus murphy. Rev. peru biol. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.1, pp.29-34. ISSN 1727-9933.

The time series of monthly gonadosomatic index (GSI) and biannual size at first maturity of Jack mackerel Trachurus murphyi Nichols 1920 in Peru between 1967 and 2012 is analyzed and discussed. The annual and interannual variation of the reproductive cycle was determined. It is shown that in Peru T. murphyi has a single relatively extended spawning period with a maximum in November each year. It is also shown that for more than four decades T. murphyi has spawned regularly every year in Peruvian waters. The reproductive activity of T. murphyi has a greater variability off Peru and the spawning period has peaks of lesser magnitude but extend longer than observed in the spawning occurring off Chile. The analyses of the sizes at first maturity of Jack mackerel in Peruvian waters did not show significant changes throughout the entire period observed.

Keywords : Reproduction; Jack mackerel; Trachurus murphyi; reproductive cycle; spawning.

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