Open AccessBIOLOGÍA REPRODUCTIVA DE «BOQUICHICO», Prochilodus nigricans, EN LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA
Author(s) -
Víctor Hugo Montreuil-Frias,
Aurea Rosa GARCÍA-VÁSQUEZ,
Ronald Rodríguez-Viena
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
folia amazónica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-1184
pISSN - 1018-5674
DOI - 10.24841/fa.v12i1-2.122
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , fish measurement , biology , reproduction , geography , zoology , ecology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
Reproduction of «boquichico» Prochilodus nigricans, at the Peruvian Amazon takesplace from December to March, coinciding with the period of water rising of theAmazon River, not showing a clear relationship with the increment of local raining.This species reaches its average size of maturity at a fork length of 24,3 cm., infemales, and 23,4 cm., in males.
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