title: [Fertility, fecundity and gonadosomatic index of Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in Heredia, Costa Rica].
abstract: Between September and November of 1998, 1 432 females of Poecilia reticulata were collected in a pond in Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica. The average total length of females was 34.43 +/- 7.26 mm (range 17.80 and 51.50 mm) and the average total weight of 0.69 +/- 0.48 g (range 0.06 and 2.32 g). This species is a viviparous matrotrofic and the specimens were sexually mature. The total length-fertility relationship was F = 0.527e 0.1171Lt (r2 = 0.9404). The average fertility was 56.1 +/- 43.6 (eggs + embryos) (range 8.0 and 197.6). The total length-fecundity relationship was Fo = 0.695e(0.1076Lt (r2 = 0.9376). The average fecundity was of 49.0 +/- 36.0 (oocytes + ova) (range 7.0 and 179.0). The total length-gonadosomatic index relationship was IGS = 0.0014 e0.134 Lt (r2 = 0.8581). The average gonadosomatic index was 0.25 +/- 0.27% (range 0.02 and 1.31%).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Recursos Naturales y Vida Silvestre (LARNAVISI), Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional. Apdo. Postal 86-3000 Heredia, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Mario Urriola
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabrera Peña
authors.forename: Maurizio Protti
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Quesada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology; D005618:Fresh Water; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology; D011036:Poecilia / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development