The last stage in the life history of the European conger eel   Conger conger  : a transformation before death | Zendy

Battaglia Pietro | Zendy; Smith David | Zendy; Ammendolia Giovanni | Zendy; Cavallaro Mauro | Zendy; Maggio Teresa | Zendy; Consoli Pierpaolo | Zendy; Guerrera Maria C. | Zendy; Andaloro Franco | Zendy; Romeo Teresa | Zendy

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The last stage in the life history of the European conger eel Conger conger : a transformation before death

Author(s) -

Battaglia Pietro,

Smith David,

Ammendolia Giovanni,

Cavallaro Mauro,

Maggio Teresa,

Consoli Pierpaolo,

Guerrera Maria C.,

Andaloro Franco,

Romeo Teresa

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of fish biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 115

eISSN - 1095-8649

pISSN - 0022-1112

DOI - 10.1111/jfb.14223

Subject(s) - conger , biology , fishery , meristics , trawling , mediterranean sea , zoology , mediterranean climate , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology

The taxonomic, morphological and meristic features of a dark eel caught by commercial trawling off the Gulf of Patti, southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, February 17, 2017, showed it to be a female Conger conger . Histological analysis of gonads demonstrated that the individual was in a post‐spawning phase. X‐ray radiographs showed widespread decalcification of skeleton and teeth loss, confirming a strong mobilisation of somatic energy reserves needed for reproductive development.

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