Record of the largest specimen of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)
We report a record of the largest known specimen of Ommastrephes bartramii. It was an almost mature female, with dorsal mantle length (ML) of 1020 mm and weighing around 35 kg, caught by a Spanish fishing vessel in October 2007 on a surface long-line in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Growth increment...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/328754 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/328754 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pesquerías Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo |
| Sumario: | We report a record of the largest known specimen of Ommastrephes bartramii. It was an almost mature female, with dorsal mantle length (ML) of 1020 mm and weighing around 35 kg, caught by a Spanish fishing vessel in October 2007 on a surface long-line in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Growth increments on a statolith indicate an age of 492-512 days. The stomach was full and contained beaks of ommastrephid squids and of a small pelagic octopus (Japetella spp.), and remains of mackerel (possibly bait from the long-line) and unidentified fish. |
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