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First Records of Mated Female Loligo Gahi (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in the Falkland Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Magnus J. A. George  and
Emma M. C. Hatfield
Magnus J. A. George
Affiliation:
Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department, Stanley, Falkland Islands
Emma M. C. Hatfield
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET
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This communication presents the first records of mated female Loligo gahi in Falkland Island waters. In October 1993 fully mature mated female L. gahi were identified in samples taken from the commercial fishery in waters east of Lively Island, East Falkland, at depths of 145–174 m. Spermatophores were found in both the mantle cavity and buccal sites of deposition. These records, combined with past records of spent females, suggest spawning periods in late October/early November and April/May. These concur with two of the three periods of spawning suggested from previous studies of juvenile and adult L. gahi.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 743 - 745
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1995

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