The aim of this study was to describe the reproductive dynamic of Euthynnus
alletteratus in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. The annual variation of the volume
fraction occupied by gametes and tissues in gonads were related with main body
indexes, such as the gonadosomatic index (IG), the hepatosomatic index (IH), and the
nutrition index (IN), and compared with the sea surface temperature. A total of 951
E. alletteratus individuals were sampled, where a sex ratio of 1:1 and a size
interval strongly skewed towards organisms with a fork length (LF) of 36–40 cm were
observed. The IG showed an increase from March to September with maximum values
in April and July. Two clearly defined peaks were observed, and they were
consistent with the histological analysis, where the percentage of ripe gametes
predominated from April to September. The optimum thermal window for
reproductive activity was from 24 to 28 C. The size of first sex maturity was 34.35 cm
of LF for males and 34.60 (LF) for females, without significant difference between sexes
