A shortcut method for sexing juvenile European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L.

The objective of this study was to develop a rapid and effective method of sexing juvenile sea bass with minimum labour and material. To this end, the gonad squash mount technique was applied along with macroscopic techniques for sexing a large number of experimental fish at the age of 215-275 days post fertilization (p.f.). At this age, 90% of the 3894 fish could be unambiguously sexed by macroscopic examination of their gonads, whereas the remaining proportion was identified using squash mount preparations (10%). The accuracy of the observations was measured up to classical histology procedures. Undifferentiated fish accounted for 0.1% of the total population only. The application of the squash mount technique holds out the prospect of considerable improvement in the efficiency and rapidity of current sexing techniques in sea bass.

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Histology, Squash, Juvenile, Gonads, Seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax

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Menu Bruno, Peruzzi Stefano, Vergnet Alain, Vidal Marie-Odile, Chatain Beatrice (2005). A shortcut method for sexing juvenile European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L. Aquaculture Research. 36 (1). 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01181.x, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/378/

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