Reproduction of Aphia minuta
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Main Ref. Miller, P.J., 1986
Mode dioecism
Fertilization external
Mating type
Spawning frequency two seasonal peaks per year
Spawning aggregation Ref.  
Batch spawner Ref.  Caputo, V., G. Candi, M. La Mesa and E. Arneri, 2000
Reproductive guild guarders
Parental Care
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Single spawner, all oocytes in the ovaries grow at a similar rate (Ref. 57814). However, a recent study showed that this species breeds at least twice during its short lifespan with batches of oocytes at different vittelogenic stages in the ovary (Ref. 81039). Reproduction is of the abbreviate iteroparous type with more than one spawning per reproductive season (in spring and summer in older females, in summer and autumn in the yougner ones) (Ref. 81039).
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