Characteristics of mature oocytes from four species of marine teleosts

Abstract

Fresh mature translucent oocytes from four marine teleosts, Liza richardsonii, Liza dumerllil, Monodsctylus falciformis and Pomadasys olivaceum are described. The characteristic features of the mullet oocytes, their diameter and number and size of oil droplets, are compared with those observed in artificially spawned fish. Such descriptions are not only of use in aquaculture, they are also of diagnostic value in zooplankton studies.