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Sex identification and biomass reconstruction from the cuttlebone of Sepia officinalis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Eduardo Almonacid-Rioseco ,
Vicente Hernández-García ,
Aldo P. Solari ,
Ángelo Santana Del Pino  and
José J. Castro
Eduardo Almonacid-Rioseco
Affiliation:
Biota Austral Consultores, C/ Francisco Bilbao 940, Casilla de Correo 19, Punta Arenas, Chile
Vicente Hernández-García
Affiliation:
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Aldo P. Solari
Affiliation:
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Ángelo Santana Del Pino
Affiliation:
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
José J. Castro*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: José J. Castro, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain email: jcastro@pesca.gi.ulpgc.es
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Abstract

Significant differences were found between males and females in the fragmocone, external cone and widths of the cuttlebone in Sepia officinalis caught in the small-scale trap fishery off Gran Canaria Island (Spain). It is suggested that: (a) differences may depend on morphological adaptations of females for egg laying; (b) cuttlebones represent over 50% of the total cuttlefish caught (which is unrecorded in the fishery); and (c) the relationships between several morphometric measures of the cuttlebone and the mantle length and wet weight may allow more accurate biomass estimations of this species in the fishery.

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Sepia officinaliscuttlebonesex identificationbiomass reconstruction

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e7
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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