FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Notes on the biology of the bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus (Carangidae) around Reunion Island, southwest Indian Ocean BT AF ROOS, David ROUX, Olivier CONAND, François AS 1:1;2:2;3:3; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCM-HMT-RHSETE;2:;3:; C1 IFREMER, Stn Sete, F-34203 Sete, France. Otolithe, F-34970 Lattes, France. Univ Reunion, Lab Ecol Marine, F-97715 St Denis, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE OTOLITHE, FRANCE UNIV REUNION, FRANCE SI SETE SE PDG-DOP-DCM-HMT-RHSETE IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 0.945 TC 17 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2335.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Indian Ocean;Reunion Island;growth;reproduction;Selar crumenophthalmus;Carangidae AB The main characteristics of the biology of bigeye scad were studied from commercial fishery catches around Reunion Island. Biometric relationships were calculated. The monitoring of size distribution, aggregated by month, allowed us to estimate the theoretical growth equation using the ELEFAN software. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters were adjusted with a seasonal modulation: L8 = 265 mm; K = 1.64 year-1; c = 0.068; ? = 0.38. The growth of the cohort was quite high during the austral summer (November-April) and decreased during the austral winter (May-October). The arrival of a new cohort with homogeneous small sizes (65 to 90 mm) in the fishery in November coincided with the disappearance of large individuals. A feature of the reproductive biology was that the sex ratio remained constant month by month and that there was no predominance of male or female even in the larger size classes. Fish were mature by April and the proportion of mature fish progressively increased until November, when the gonad-indices were the highest. The size at first maturity (L50) was reached at 215 mm (fork length). The largest specimens observed were 255 mm long (fork length). After reproduction, massive mortality occurred and few individuals survived. PY 2007 PD MAR SO Scientia Marina SN 0214-8358 PU Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona, CSIC VL 71 IS 1 UT 000245114000016 BP 137 EP 144 ID 2335 ER EF