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Fish are particularly sensitive tometabolites produced by Raphidophyte species and these have caused intensive fish kills in several countries.However, the effects on embryos of marine fish are unknown but could probably provoke an important impact on new stock recruitment and hence on fisheries.We evaluated the toxic effects of Chattonella spp. strains from the Gulf of California on three development stages of spotted sand bass (Paralabrax maculatofasciatus): embryo in segmentation stage (ES), embryo (EM), and eleutheroembryo (EL).Embryos (ES) were exposed to different cell concentrations of Chattonella subsalsa, Chattonella marina, Prorocentrum micans, and f/2 medium as control. Also, one set of embryos was tested with cell-freemedia for C. subsalsa cultures. Incubation lasted until embryos reached apterolarva phase. The ES was the most sensitive stage reaching 98% mortality with C. subsalsa, followed by cell-free media of C. subsalsa cultures, with mortalities close to 90%, whereas EMand EL phases presentedmortalities below 60%. This work demonstrates that larval stages of P. maculatofasciatus are highly sensitive to short time exposure to all Chattonella spp. strains tested, that direct physical contact with cells is not required to cause mortality, and that the toxic effect is more pronounced when embryos hatch.

Palabras clave: Paralabrax maculatofasciatus; Mortality; toxicity; Chattonella spp.; Embryos

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