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Fecundity of Squatina squatina
Main Ref: Capapé, C., J.-P. Quignard and J. Mellinger, 1990
Country: Tunisia
Locality: Tunisian waters
Ecosystem: Mediterranean Sea
Absolute Fecundity Fecundity Type: 
  min   15 (g) (cm)   Ref: Capapé, C., J.-P. Quignard and J. Mellinger, 1990
  max     (g) (cm)  
  mean     (g) (cm)  
Comments on Fecundity: Each female with 8-18 (mode: 13) maturing oocytes and 7-18 (mode: 10) uterine ova or embryos (Ref. 32746).
Relative Fecundity
Min: Ref.:
Mean: Ref.:
Max: Ref.:
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
  Size: (cm)  
  n:
  a: 95% confidence limit:  
  b: 95% confidence limit:  
  r2:  
Spawning Cycles: 0.5 (1/y)   Ref: Capapé, C., J.-P. Quignard and J. Mellinger, 1990
Comments: Showed evidence of a synchronized reproductive cycle: a) births in February-April, b) vitellogenesis (blocked at start of gestation and resumes in mid-gestation) ending the next winter; c) ovulation in March. Sex ratio not different from 1:1 (Ref. 32746). Each female with 8-18 (mode: 13) maturing oocytes and 7-18 (mode: 10) uterine ova or embryos (Ref. 32746).
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