First Records of Mated FemaleLoligo Gahi(Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in the Falkland Islands

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Abstract
This communication presents the first records of mated femaleLoligo gahiin Falkland Island waters. In October 1993 fully mature mated femaleL. gahiwere identified in samples taken from the commercial fishery in waters east of Lively Island, East Falkland, at depths of 145–174 m. Spermatophores were found in both the mantle cavity and buccal sites of deposition. These records, combined with past records of spent females, suggest spawning periods in late October/early November and April/May. These concur with two of the three periods of spawning suggested from previous studies of juvenile and adultL. gahi.