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¹ Trabzon Su Ürünleri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü, Yomra Trabzon DOI : 10.17693/yunusae.v2012i21907.235428 Viewed : 3012 - Downloaded : 2234 It was achieved to spawning from Tub Gurnard catched in wild and adapted to culture medium was made on June 2011. LHRH-a (C₅₆ H₇₈ N₁₆ O₁₂ xC₂ H₄ O₂ yH₂ O) hormone was used for stimulating spawning from female individulas. It was not required to use hormone for male individuals. Male and female individuals were holded in different adaptation tanks at 15°C. Spawning from Tub Gurnard was occured after 4 days from treatment of hormone. Spawning was occured from only one of the four female individuals which was treated hormone. Once 116g eggs were obtained from one famale. Eggs were transparent, pelagic and spherical. Eggs had to include one or more oil drop. Mean radius of Tub Gurnard's spawn was measured as 1,25±0,25 mm and radius of oil drop was measured meanly 0,27±0,010 mm. Fertilization rate of obtained spawn was 52%. This assay is first study in spawning from Tub Gurnard in our country. Also, it will contribute to add one more alternative species to current cultured species. Keywords : Tub Gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna Linnaeus, 1758) spawning