New records of orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus juveniles in Chile.
Date
2010Author
Lafon, Alejandra
Niklitschek, Edwin J.
Cornejo Donoso, J.
González, Karen
Publisher
The Fisheries Society of the British IslesDescription
Artículo de publicación ISIMetadata
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Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus juveniles <24 cm fork length (LF) (10–17 years old) wererecorded for the first time in Chile, when 10 specimens were collected on the continental slope andseamount JF2 in Juan Fernandez Archipelago. The LF, total mass, anatomical and parasitologicalinformation are reported. Relevance to current life-cycle hypotheses is discussed.