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Onset of individual growth difference in larviculture of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis using fertilized eggs obtained from one female

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We conducted a rearing experiment on Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) larvae, which originated from one female broodstock, and determined the growth history of the larvae to clarify when the growth difference occurs. We investigated the otolith microstructure of the PBT larvae to examine the individual growth history and to predict the age and body size at the onset of individual growth difference. Since total length (TL) of fish can be back-calculated from otolith radius, we back-calculated TLs of 100 fish of 19 days post hatch (dph) divided into three size groups (small, intermediate, large). Growth difference was recognized from 3 dph (mouth opening), and the difference became larger thereafter. Growth of large-size fish was assumed to be promoted by the feeding conditions of PBT larvae.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on the earlier version of the manuscript. We thank Eri Tomioka for working on mtDNA analysis and Eiichi Kawakami for collecting PBT fertilized eggs. We also are grateful to staff of Amami Station, RCTA, SNF, FRA, for their support. Part of this study was financially supported by the Research Project for Utilizing Advanced Technologies in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (1905), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan.

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  1. Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Taira, Nagasaki, 851-2213, Japan

    Takayuki Takebe, Takeo Kurihara, Nobuaki Suzuki, Hideki Nikaido, Yosuke Tanaka & Satoshi Shiozawa

  2. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan

    Takayuki Takebe

  3. National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency, Nakatsuhamaura, Minami-ise, Mie, 516-0193, Japan

    Kentaro Ide & Hitoshi Imaizumi

  4. Japan Sea National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Suido-cho, Chuou-ku, Niigata, 951-8121, Japan

    Shukei Masuma

  5. Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan

    Yoshitaka Sakakura

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Takebe, T., Kurihara, T., Suzuki, N. et al. Onset of individual growth difference in larviculture of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis using fertilized eggs obtained from one female. Fish Sci 78, 343–350 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-011-0449-1

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