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Fecundity of Hoplostethus atlanticus
Main Ref: Annala, J.H., K.J. Sullivan, C.J. O'Brian, N.W.McL. Smith and S.M. Grayling, 2003
Country: New Zealand
Locality: Around seamounts, pinnacles or canyons.
Ecosystem:
Absolute Fecundity Fecundity Type: 
  min   66,000 3000 (g) (cm)   Ref: Branch, T.A., 2001
  max   350,000 7000 (g) (cm)  
  mean     (g) (cm)  
Comments on Fecundity: Females assumed to spawn every other year (RF).
Relative Fecundity
Min: 22 Ref.: Branch, T.A., 2001
Mean: Ref.:
Max: 50 Ref.:
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
  Size: (cm) SL 
  n:
  a: 95% confidence limit:  
  b: 95% confidence limit:  
  r2:  
Spawning Cycles: 0.5 (1/y)   Ref: Annala, J.H., K.J. Sullivan, C.J. O'Brian, N.W.McL. Smith and S.M. Grayling, 2003
Comments: It is likely that all orange roughy do not spawn every year (Ref. 50386). Females assumed to spawn every other year (RF).
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