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amsN emipt
erusjaponi
cuswerec oll
ectedf r
omav i
ll
ag einKu a
laN yal
aua ndaf is
hlandi
ng
cent
rea tBint
ulufromA pri
l201 3t oMa r
ch2014.At o
talof360i ndi
vid
ualso fN .japoni
cus(214malea n
d1 46femal
e)
wereu s
e dinth i
sreproduct
ives tudy
.?Thet ot
alle
ngth(TL)o findivi
dual
swe reme asur
edt othene a
r e
st0.1cma nd
bodywe i
ght(B W)wa srec
o r
de dtot h
en e
arest0.1g.Mo n
th- wisedis
tri
butiono fthes ex
eswa ssig
nifi
cantl
yhigh
erfor
male
sinS eptemb e
ra ndMa r
ch ,wh i
l
einthemo n
thofMa ythen umbero ffemaleswa ss i
gni
fi
cantl
yhigher(X(2)=6.53;
P<0. 05).Ma lessh
o wedap repo nde
ranc
ei nth
es i
ze
-cla
sso f1 9.0-20.9c m( X(2)=8 0.
24;P<0. 001),21.
0- 22.9
cm(X(2) =56. 39;P<0. 001 )and23. 0-24.9c m(X(
2) =1 7;P<0. 001).Th eg onad
osomatici
ndex(GSI)val
uesofN.
japon
icusr angedfrom0. 07t o0.19f o
rma lesand0.34t o4. 99f o
rf ema l
es .Femal
esh adh i
gh
e rGS Ith
anma l
es
th
rougho u
tt hestudyp er
iod.F o
rma le
s,ah ig
herGSI(0.1
1- 0.19)wa sobserve dd uri
ngJanuarytoF ebruary
,wh i
l
eit
wasfoundt obeh i
gher(2.73- 4.99)forfemal
esduri
ngJanua rytoMa rch,indi
cat i
ngthespawn i
ngseason.Thepres
ent
st
udyr evealedt h
ato var
ianma turi
tyb a
sedo nhis
tol
ogi
cala nalys
isofN .j apon i
cuswasc l
assi
fi
edi n
tos evensta
ges
namel
y,imma ture(I
),immatu
r e(I
I),mat
urin
g( I
I
I)
,matur
e( I
V),r i
pe(V),spawn i
ng( VI)andspent(VI
I)
.Th efecun
dit
yofN.
japon
icuswa se s
ti
ma t
edtob ewi thi
narangeof19221to8 5923wi thhi
ghe rGS I(3.08-6.78) f
romt h
ec oast
alwat
ers
ofBi
ntulu,Sarawak.