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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Autores: Guerra, Ángel, Pierce, Graham J., Santos, María Begoña, González, Ángel, Hernández-Milián, Gema, Porteiro-Lago, Carmen, Patiño-Alonso, Baltasar
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/328754
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/328754
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Pesquerías
Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
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Resumo: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.