Reproductive Parameters of Indian Threadfin Alectis indicus in Andaman Sea, Thailand
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Information on reproductive biology is essential for both fisheries management and aquaculture. In this study, samples of Alectis indicus (90 females and 97 males; size ranges: 1.2–7.8 kg, 47.0–99.9 cm for females and 1.6–7.3 kg, 52.3–100.0 cm for males) were acquired from a local fish supplier in Trang Province on the coast of the Andaman Sea, Thailand, between November 2020 and October 2021. The results revealed that the sex ratio of sampled A. indicus was not different from 1:1; size at first maturation was 69.7 cm for males and 67.7 for females; gonadosomatic index (GSI) ranged from 0.03 to 1.20% in males and from 0.27 to 2.91% in females; percentage of post-vitellogenic oocytes (%PVO) ranged from 0 to 34.45%; and GSI showed positive moderate correlation with %PVO (r = 0.497, p = 0.0001). Based on GSI and %PVO, female A. indicus presumably spawned year-round with two peaks, in July and November-December, whereas the peak of male GSI value occurred in July. Female GSI and %PVO that marked the spawning peaks were 1.24–1.63% and 16.19–18.98%, respectively, while male GSI at the spawning peak was 0.79%. The information obtained not only benefits understanding of reproductive biology of A. indicus in the Andaman Sea but is also useful for efforts at captive breeding of this species.
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