Table 3 Macroscopic gonad analyses for king mackerel, dusky-grouper, common snook, fat snook and lane snapper from recorded landings in Paraty in 2009–2011
Cavala King mackerel S. cavalla | Garoupa Dusky grouper E. marginatus | Robalo Flecha Common snook C. undecimalis | Robalo Peba Fat snook C. parallelus | Vermelho-ariocó Lane snapper L. synagris | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count of fish with visible eggs | Autumn | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
Spring | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||
Summer | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
Winter | 16 | |||||
All seasons | 2 | 14 | 35 | 11 | ||
Count of fish with visible sperms | Autumn | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |
Spring | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | ||
Summer | 13 | 14 | ||||
Winter | 24 | |||||
All seasons | 18 | 35 | 44 | 19 | ||
Count of fish with visible gonads | Autumn | 12 | 75 | 22 | 31 | 22 |
Spring | 11 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | |
Summer | 39 | 16 | 1 | |||
Winter | 5 | 39 | 68 | 9 | ||
All seasons | 62 | 83 | 84 | 120 | 50 | |
Total count of fish | Autumn | 12 | 77 | 7 | 32 | 24 |
Spring | 11 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 20 | |
Summer | 39 | NS | 24 | 6 | ||
Winter | NS | 5 | 18 | 70 | 10 | |
All seasons | 62 | 85 | 88 | 123 | 54 |