Abstract

Macrobrachium americanum has a high commercial value with good fishing and cultivation possibilities in Mexico. Currently there is little information on reproductive aspects so the present work analyzed the sex ratio, fecundity and morphometry of the eggs of M. americanum in the Petatlán River, Sinaloa, Mexico. A total of 31 ovigerous females were captured. The sex ratio was 0.39 F: 1 M. The partial fecundity (Pf) varied from 34, 554 to 342, 372 eggs (128, 246 ± 12, 306 eggs, average Pf). The relationships between body and length-fecundity (R2= 0.5546), cephalothorax and length-fecundity (R2= 0.4995) were adjusted to a linear model, and the total weight-fecundity to a potential model (R2= 0.5013). The average relative fecundity was 37, 132 ± 5, 162 eggs/g. A total of 7 stages of embryonic development were observed. In the first stages, the egg presents a spherical form and in the latter an ovoid shape. Maximum egg diameter values are presented in stages VII, VI and VIII. Stage II provided the largest number of eggs (1, 013, 073 eggs). It is essential to optimize the exploitation of the population of M. americanum present in the Petatlán River through the creation of scientific bases for the sustainability of the fishery.

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Title
Sex Ratio, Fecundity and Morphometry of the Eggs of Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium Americanum (Bate, 1868) in the Petatlán River, Sinaloa, Mexico
Author
Diarte-Plata, Genaro 1 ; Escamilla-Montes, Ruth 1 ; Granados-Alcantar, Salvador 2 ; Luna-González, Antonio 1 

 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR- Unidad Sinaloa. Departamento de Acuacultura. Blvd. Juan de Dios Batíz Paredes # 250, Col. San Joachin, A.P. 280. C.P. 81101. Guasave, Sinaloa, México 
 Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Unidad Los Mochis. Departamento de Biología. Blvd. Macario Gaxiola s/n. Carretera internacional, C.P. 81223. Los Mochis, Ahome, Sinaloa, México 
Pages
1-14
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
ISSN
1330061X
e-ISSN
18480586
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3155020521
Copyright
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