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- Title
Recruitment of the amphidromous goby Sicyopterus japonicus to the estuary of the Ota River, Wakayama, Japan.
- Authors
Iida, Midori; Watanabe, Shun; Shinoda, Akira; Tsukamoto, Katsumi
- Abstract
Ecological aspects of recruitment in the amphidromous goby, Sicyopterus japonicus, were studied from larval collections made with a set net in the estuary of the Ota River, Wakayama, Japan. The abundance patterns of the 12,766 larvae collected from 18 April to 26 August 2006 showed several peaks during the recruitment season. Their body sizes at recruitment ranged from 23.5 to 30.0 mm standard length (mean ± SD, 26.3 ± 1.1 mm), 0.11 to 0.49 g body weight (0.22 ± 0.05 g), and 8 to 20 condition factor (11 ± 2). The standard length of the goby larvae tended to decrease with the season, while their body weight slightly increased and resulted in an increase in condition factor. The recruitment of larvae occurred mainly during the daytime. Otolith growth increment analysis of 30 larvae collected by a square lift net on 30 April 2005 revealed that the oceanic larval duration after downstream migration ranged from 173 to 253 days (208 ± 22) after hatching. A limited time of recruitment in early summer and a considerably long duration of oceanic life (about a half year) appeared to be unique characteristics of this Sicyopterus species that lives in a temperate region in comparison to other tropical species of the genus Sicyopterus that all have year-round recruitment.
- Subjects
WAKAYAMA-ken (Japan); JAPAN; GOBIIDAE; ESTUARINE fishes; ESTUARINE animals; FISHES; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY composition of amphibians
- Publication
Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2008, Vol 83, Issue 3, p331
- ISSN
0378-1909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10641-008-9345-7