Fishery and biology of the octopus, Cistopus indicus (Orbigny, 1840) from Mumbai waters
Abstract . Fish formed the major food item of both the sexes. Majority of the males in the landings was in mature stage, while the maximum number of females was gravid. The size (DML) at 50% maturity for females was estimated as 82.7 mm. The diameter of mature ova ranged from 2 to 6 mm and fecundity...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1048.1519 http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8712/1/145--148--Sujit_Sundaram.pdf |
Summary: | Abstract . Fish formed the major food item of both the sexes. Majority of the males in the landings was in mature stage, while the maximum number of females was gravid. The size (DML) at 50% maturity for females was estimated as 82.7 mm. The diameter of mature ova ranged from 2 to 6 mm and fecundity was 13,260. |
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