Pagellus erythrinus
(Common Pandora): A Promising Candidate Species for Enlarging the Diversity
of Aquaculture Production
S.D. Klaoudatos, G.
Iakovopoulos, D.S. Klaoudatos-2004
Aquaculture International, 12(3):
299-320
Abstract:
The euryhaline species Pagellus
erythrinus
was investigated for potential use in aquaculture. The research focused on
the biological aspects of the species examining its adaptability in
captivity, examining reproduction, brood stock construction, larval rearing
and on-growing of the fingerlings, produced in cage culture under different
diets and feeding regimes. Natural spawning resulted in the production of
150,000 viable eggs/kg with an average hatching rate of 85%, whereas
spawning induced with injection of HCG hormone (500 and 250 IU/kg) produced
16,140 and 29,940 viable eggs/kg for the high and low dosage, respectively,
with an average hatching rate of 75%. The culture of the fingerlings in
floating cages in the region of Galaxidi (east central Greece) is also
described. The results are encouraging in terms of a possible intensive
culture of the species, but nonetheless further research on the reproduction
and the larval rearing of the species is imperative.
(University
of Thessaly School of Agriculture, Fytokou Street –
38446 New Ionia Magnisia, Greece, e-mail of D.S. Kaloudatos: sklaoudat@agr.uth.gr)