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Fecundity of Polyprion americanus
Main Ref: Peres, M.B. and S. Klippel, 2003
Country: Brazil
Locality: Southern region
Ecosystem:
Absolute Fecundity Fecundity Type: 
  min   3,000,000 (g) 116 (cm) TL  Ref: Peres, M.B. and S. Klippel, 2003
  max   11,900,000 (g) 137 (cm) TL 
  mean     (g) (cm)  
Comments on Fecundity:
Relative Fecundity
Min: 135 Ref.: Peres, M.B. and S. Klippel, 2003
Mean: Ref.: Peres, M.B. and S. Klippel, 2003
Max: 311 Ref.:
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
  Size: 10.5 - 14(cm) TL 
  n: 11
  a: 1.030 95% confidence limit:  
  b: 3.250 95% confidence limit:  
  r2:  
Spawning Cycles: (1/y)   Ref:
Comments: A gonochoristic multiple spawner; gonadal cycle synchronized at the population level; spawns along the continental slope in depths >300 m (Ref. 52027).
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