稀有鮈鲫产卵频次和卵子发育的研究

对室养条件下20尾雌性稀有鮈鲫的产卵频次、成熟卵巢卵径分布及卵子补充过程进行了研究。产卵间隔中卵径分布呈现不同的峰值,卵母细胞成熟是分批的,Ⅴ期卵巢中MA、RE卵母细胞的数量代表了即将进行的一次产卵的产卵量;卵子补充速度快,成熟卵巢每隔数天可发育成熟一批卵,一级贮备库在12─33d即更新一次,不同发育时期卵母细胞的补充是连续的。对273批鮈产卵进行了统计,每尾雌鱼平均4.5d产卵一次,平均批产卵量265.6粒。稀有鮈鲫的产卵类型为连续产卵类型。       

稀有鮈鲫的摄食率、排泄率和排粪率

稀有鮈鲫是我国近年来开始使用的一种实验鱼,由于它具有易于饲养、周年繁殖、性成熟快、连续产卵类型等一系列特性,已作为实验材料成功地应用于鱼病学、环境科学等方面的研究工作中。关于稀有鮈鲫繁殖、发育等生物学方面的研究已有较多的文献报道1,但尚未见鱼类能量学方面的研究资料发表。       

稀有(鱼句)鲫血液学指标的研究

稀有鮈鲫（Gobiocypris rarus Ye et Fu）是中国特有的一种小型鲤科鱼类,具有生命力强、性成熟周期短、繁殖季节长、产卵频率高等特点。目前已被广泛应用于遗传学、发育生物学、胚胎学、分子生物学、毒理学、污染生物学等研究领域。然而有关稀有鮈鲫血液学指标的研究尚未见报道。     

抗草鱼出血病病毒转基因稀有鮈鲫的初步研究

研究采用草鱼H1基因启动子,以草鱼呼肠孤病毒(Grass carp reovirus,GCRV)外衣壳蛋白VP7基因为靶基因,以增强型绿色荧光蛋白(eGFP)为报告基因,构建了3个小发卡RNA(shRNA)表达载体pH1siGCRV(x)-CMVeGFP。CIK细胞感染实验表明,pH1siGCRV2-CMVeGFP具有较高的病毒抑制作用。通过显微注射将pH1siGCRV2-CMVeGFP导入稀有鮈鲫(Gobiocypris rarus)受精卵,获得转基因稀有鮈鲫P0代群体。转基因稀有鮈鲫攻毒实验显示,转基因稀有鮈鲫死亡率为30%,抗草鱼出血病能力显著提高。进一步的实时荧光定量PCR检测证实,转基因稀有鮈鲫脾脏、后肠和肝脏中GCRV的含量显著低于对照鱼,并随着时间的延续逐渐减少,转基因稀有鮈鲫体内GCRV的复制受到有效抑制。研究为抗草鱼出血病转基因鱼育种奠定重要基础。       

人工饲料对稀有Ju鲫繁殖影响的研究

静水缸中稀有Ju鲫240天养殖试验显示,A型人工饲料的每对亲鱼产卵次数汉源种群和彭州种群分别为15.25和13.75次,相近于水蚯蚓为饲料的12次和14.5次;A型人工饲料产卵间隔天数分别为15.98天和17.46天,相近于水蚯蚓为饲料的20.86天和16.56天。循环水缸中稀有Ju鲫105天养殖试验显示,A型人工饲料的每对亲鱼产卵次数为12次,低于水蝗蚓为饲料的21.5次;产卵间隔天数为8.75天,长于水蚯蚓为饲料的4.88天。因此,用人工饲料可以实现静水缸和循环水缸中稀有Ju鲫的繁殖。静水缸5种饲料个体每次产卵量有显著差异（P＜0.05）,而鱼卵孵化率没有显著差异（P＞0.05）。A和B型饲料产卵量与水蚯蚓接近。循环水缸4种饲料个体每次卵量和鱼孵化率均有显著差异（P＜0.05）。     

稀有鮈鲫临界温度的研究

稀有鮈鲫临界温度的研究王剑伟中国科学院水生生物研究所武汉４３００７２稀有钢鲫（ｆｆｏｂｍｐｎｉｒａｎＹｅｅｔＦｕ）是一种小型鲤科鱼类,在作为一种新的实验鱼。灭蚊鱼等方面具有广阔的应用前景［’,’）。从１９９０年开始,我们就积累了有关稀有铜鲫越冬、度夏...     

稀有Ju鲫产卵频次和卵子发育的研究

对室养条件下２０尾雌性稀有Ｊｕ鲫的产卵频次,成熟卵巢卵径分布及卵子补充过程进行了研究,产卵间隔中卵径分布呈现不同的峰值,卵母细胞成熟是分批的,Ｖ期卵巢中ＭＡ,ＲＥ卵母细胞的数量代表了即将进行的一次产卵的产卵量;卵子补充速度快,成熟卵巢每隔数天可发育成熟一批卵,一级贮备库在１２－３３ｄ即更新一次,不同发育时期卵母细胞的补充是连续的,对２７３批Ｊｕ产卵进行了统计,每尾鲫鱼平均４．５ｄ产卵一次,平均批产     

三氯异氰尿酸和环丙沙星对水生生物的急性毒性

研究了三氯异氰尿酸(TCCA)和盐酸环丙沙星(CPFX)对小球藻、大型溞和稀有鮈鲫的急性毒性。毒性试验结果表明,TCCA和CPFX对小球藻的96hEC50分别为0.31mg·L-1和20.61mg·L-1、对大型溞48hLC50分别为0.19mg·L-1和135.15mg·L-1,TCCA对稀有鮈鲫96hLC50为1.76为mg·L-1,CPFX对稀有鮈鲫不产生急性毒性。对于TCCA,大型溞最敏感,小球藻次之,稀有鮈鲫最不敏感;对于CPFX,小球藻最敏感,大型溞次之,稀有鮈鲫最不敏感。     

倪氏复口吸虫在稀有鮈鲫体内的移行及对其耳石微结构的影响

倪氏复口吸虫是我国淡水鱼类的一种常见的危害严重的寄生虫。利用稀有鮈鲫作为寄主,研究了倪氏复口吸虫在其体内的移行途径,并观察了复口吸虫的感染是否在寄主耳石上留下标记轮。倪氏复口吸虫尾蚴从稀有鮈鲫体表的各个部位侵入,但主要集中在头部,侵入体内的尾蚴通过肌肉和结缔组织直接进入眼球。感染倪氏复口吸虫的稀有鮈鲫耳石表面微结构发生变化,部分鱼耳石上出现明显的标记轮。     

兴修水利枢纽后汉江产漂流性卵鱼类的繁殖生态

1．汉江产漂流性卵的鱼类至少有25种,其中经济鱼类有草鱼、青鱼、鲢、鳙、鯮、鳤、鱤、长春鳊、赤眼鳟、铜鱼、吻鮈、鳜以及三种红鲌属鱼类。2．产漂流性卵鱼类开始产卵的水温分别在16—20℃之间,经济鱼类多在18℃上下。产卵时需要有江河的涨水过程。在河流涨水的诸水文要素中,流速的增大,对促使产卵起着主要作用。不同的鱼类产卵时对流水的要求是有差异的。鱼类的产卵规模与江水的流速增大紧密相关。3．丹江水库建成后,上游的产卵场有前房、天河口和安康等10处。中游有钟祥和马良等7处,支流唐河、白河也有产卵场。就总产卵量来看,上游1977年为1745．9亿粒,中游1976年为47亿粒。上游为中游的37倍。其中,四种家鱼的产卵量,上游为171．3亿粒,中游为9．3亿粒。4．丹江口水利枢纽对汉江上游产漂流性卵鱼类繁殖的影响,主要表现为给上游提供了规模较大的繁殖群体。另一方面,由于主要产卵场分布在接近水库的江段,致使占上游总产卵量90％的鱼卵在孵化前随江水流入水库,有一部分鱼卵会受到损失。对中游的影响主要是由于水库的低温水和大坝对径流的调节,改变了中游的水文条件,导致产卵场的变迁,繁殖季节推迟和产卵规模缩小。总的来看,对上游的影响明显的有利,对于中游则不利的影响要多一些。5．根据产漂流性卵鱼类繁殖的生态习性和汉江的条件,可以认为,在汉江和类似汉江的条件下,兴建水利枢纽可以不必附建过鱼建筑物。为了充分发挥水体的渔业效益,水库区应做好渔业规划,加强经营管理。水利枢纽的下游需充分重视改变了的水文条件,特别是低温水对鱼类生活的影响,以采取补救措施。     

Effect of spawning number and ration on reproductive performance of the batch-spawning three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

An experiment quantified the effect of food ration and spawning number on the breeding season reproductive performance of batch-spawning, female three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus . Individually housed females were maintained on fixed rations of 2, 4, 8 or 16% of their initial postspawning mass of live enchytraeid worms from immediately after their first spawning until they ceased spawning. Number of spawnings correlated positively with ration. Total breeding season reproductive investment (total wet mass of eggs produced as a percentage of initial postspawning female mass) ranged from 38% at the 2% ration to 147% at the 16% ration. At the lower rations, postspawning mass, batch fecundity and wet and dry masses of the batch declined over successive spawnings, with the rate of decline inversely related to ration. At the highest ration, there was no decline in batch fecundity and postspawning mass increased over successive spawnings. Mean reproductive investment per inter-spawning interval was higher at the highest ration, but at all rations declined over successive spawnings. Mean reproductive effort per inter-spawning interval (wet mass of eggs spawned as a percentage of the wet mass of food consumed over the inter-spawning interval) was inversely related to ration. At the higher rations, reproductive effort showed no trend over successive spawnings. Neither spawning number nor ration had a systematic effect on egg diameter, wet mass per egg, dry mass per egg or total lipid content of the eggs. If the rate of food intake was insufficient, although batch fecundity declined, the main adjustment was a reduction in the number of spawnings in the breeding season.     

Spawning frequency, fecundity, egg weight and spawning type of silver pomfret, Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen) (Stromateidae), in Kuwait waters

Silver pomfret, Pampus argenteus, were collected by fishing with drift gillnets on one spawning ground in Kuwait waters during 1998–2000. Fish size frequency, sex ratio, maturation cycle, spawning frequency, fecundity and egg weight were assessed. The length–weight relationship differed between sexes whereby females were significantly bigger than males. Spawning started in mid‐May and continued until early October. During this time the water temperature ranged from 26.0 to 32.8°C, salinity was ? 39.0‰ and water depth ranged between 5 and 12 m. Large females spawned earlier than young spawners and the overall percentage of males during the spawning period was 70.3%. Spawning occurred after 13.00 h, with peak spawning between 15.00 and 18.00 hours during outgoing tide. Mean daily spawning frequency amounted to 63.2%. Spawning activity was found to be associated with the lunar cycle and spawnings were concentrated during the first and third quarters of the moon period, indicating a semilunar reproduction cycle. It was concluded that a female would spawn at least six times during the season. No change was observed in relative fecundity during the peak spawning season (June–August). Average relative batch fecundity was 176.3 eggs g^?1 somatic weight (SW), corresponding to a relative total fecundity of 1058 eggs g^?1 SW, which is 1.5 times higher than estimates obtained from counting the standing stock of oocytes. Bigger fish produced heavier eggs and the egg weight decreased as the spawning season progressed. Based on gonadal cycles, oocyte size frequency distribution and total fecundity, we concluded that silver pomfret is a multiple batch spawner with indeterminate fecundity.     

Reproductive cycling and fecundity estimation in the upland bully

The upland bully is a prolific and widespread member of New Zealand freshwater fish communities that may mature at age 1 (or earlier). It begins spawning in spring, laying as many as eight clutches of eggs over the spring and summer, at periods as brief as 13 days. Ovaries contain two modes of maturing oocytes, so that oogenesis must be continual during the spawning season. This poses difficulties in fecundity estimation, which were solved by captive rearing. The ovoid eggs are about 2 mm long; egg size declines with clutch number during the summer, but increases with fish size. Clutch size varied, in 70 spawnings, from 121 to 880 eggs, with total seasonal fecundity up to >5000 eggs. The production of multiple clutches greatly increases seasonal fecundity and may explain the success of this species in sometimes unreliable or harsh environments.     

Effect of variable food levels on reproductive performance of breeding female three-spined sticklebacks

The study examined the response to variation in food ration within a breeding season on components of the reproductive performance of mature female three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus , a batch spawner. The main effect of food availability was on the duration of the inter-spawning interval (ISI). Low ration resulted in an increase in the number of days until the next spawning. A low ration during one inter-spawning interval increased the length of the next ISI, even if there was a high ration in the latter. Females that experienced high rations for two successive ISIs showed an increase in batch fecundity over the successive spawnings. There was no tendency for fish on low rations to produce bigger eggs or eggs with higher lipid concentration. Females on low ration had a lower carcass dry matter concentration and a lower liver dry weight immediately after their third spawning. Female sticklebacks responded to a low ration with little change in egg number or size, but a slight reduction in physiological condition. Egg characteristics and, to a lesser extent, batch fecundity are insensitive to current rate of food consumption, but the interval between spawnings is sensitive to both current and previous rates of consumption.     

Quantitative observations of predation during spawning rushes of the labrid fishThalassoma cupido at Miyake-jima,Japan

A rapid upward spawning rush is a nearly universal phenomenon among reef fishes that spawn pelagic eggs. Although spawning rushes have long been considered to have evolved as a defense against egg predators and/or attacks on the spawning fishes by piscivores, these hypotheses have never been tested in the field. We analysed piscivore attacks during three motor patterns associated with group spawning of the labrid fishThalassoma cupido at Miyake-jima, Izu Islands, Japan. Egg predation on group spawnings was also quantified. Of 206 piscivore attacks on spawning fishes by seven predator species, 17.1 (83.1%) occurred during 461 spawning rushes (1/2.7 spawning rushes). No attacks were successful during spawning rushes, and only four kills were made in 206 attacks summed from all three motor patterns associated with spawning, amounting to a piscivore success rate of only 1.9 %. In contrast, gametes from 90 of 213 spawnings (42.3 %) were consumed by nine species of planktivorous fishes. Spawning fish seemed not to recognize egg predators and made no attempt to avoid them, often spawning in the midst of waiting aggregations of damselfishes. Our data indicate that the rapidly of the spawning rush ofT. cupido serves as an excellent defense against piscivores, but is ineffective against egg predators. Evidence is presented from observations of seven other species suggesting that spawning ascents provide little protection against water column egg predators in predator-rich environments.     

The inter-spawning interval of the female Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus

Female Three-spined sticklebacks spawn several times in a breeding season, at intervals of a few days. The changes that take place in females during the interval between successive spawnings were analysed. The average time between spawnings was 87.5 hours. Between spawnings females increased in weight by between 15 and 30%. The bulk of this weight increase was lost when the eggs were spawned. The increase in weight was because of an increase in weight of the ovaries, which showed an increase in both dry matter and water content. After spawning the ovaries formed 8 to 9% of the total body weight, and this increased to up to 24% just prior to the next spawning. The ovaries were maximally hydrated immediately after spawning. There were no significant changes in the calorific value of the ovaries, but the calorific value of the rest of the body was a minimum just after spawning. It was estimated that between spawnings females were making a net gain of energy at an average rate of 2 cal/hour. After spawning, courtship behaviour by the females waned, but recovered over the last half of the interval between spawnings. The inter-spawning interval of the Three-spined stickleback provides a useful situation in which physiological and nutritional aspects of reproduction in a teleost fish can be studied.     

Reproductive strategy and spawning activity of the European hake Merluccius merluccius (L.) in the Bay of Biscay

Histological examination of ovaries from European hake Merluccius merluccius from the Bay of Biscay sampled on a monthly basis from December 1996 to October 1997 demonstrated that European hake exhibit indeterminate fecundity. Oocyte development is asynchronous with a continuous oocyte size-frequency distribution in prespawning, spawning and postspawning females, and a gradual decrease in the mean diameter of advanced yolked oocytes as spawning proceeds. Spawning European hake were observed throughout the 11 month study period. The spawning fraction ranged from 0·085 to 0·207, which is equivalent to a batch interval of 5–12 days. The spawning fraction and proportion of spawning females were highest from January to March. Seasonal variation of atresia was inversely related to spawning fraction. Extensive atresia in individual fish was observed in September and October, when the spawning fraction was low.     

Spawning response of mature female sea bass,Lates calcarifer (Bloch), to a single injection of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue: effect of dose and initial oocyte size1

The effect of various doses of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue (LHRHa) ranging from 1 to 100 μg/kg body weight on the spawning response of mature female sea bass, Lates calcarifer (Bloch) was tested. A single intramuscular injection of LHRHa resulted in a dose-related increase in the spawning rate (number of spawnings of each fish over four consecutive days) of mature fish. An LHRHa dose of 5 μg/kg and less induced low spawning rates of 16.7% to 37.5% or at least one spawning every four days. However, mature sea bass spawned more than once (43.8–58.3%) in four days at dose levels of 10 μg/kg and above. Hormone treatment within the dose range tested did not influence the number, fertilization and hatching rates of spawned eggs. The influence of initial oocyte size on the LHRHa-induced spawning response of mature sea bass was also examined. Sea bass with an initial oocyte diameter of 0.30–0.39 mm did not respond to the single injection of 100 μg LHRHa/kg. In contrast, LHRHa induced spawning among sea bass with an initial egg size of 0.40–0.49 mm, although two of four sea bass of the same stage of ovarian maturity spawned spontaneously. Fish having an initial oocyte size of 0.50–0.55 mm spawned with and without LHRHa treatment. Spontaneous spawning among saline-injected sea bass occurred at a later time (24–58 h post-injection) compared to fish induced to spawn by a single injection of LHRHa (8–36 h post-injection). The initial spawning response time interval for fish with an initial egg size of 0.50 mm or greater was further reduced to 8–9 h by LHRHa. These results indicate that LHRHa can successfully induce spawning in mature female sea bass which have attained a critical oocyte diameter and that the spawning response interval is reduced with a further increase in egg size beyond the critical oocyte diameter limit.     

Cannibalism and protective behavior of eggs in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)

From video recordings of spawning events, we quantified protective and cannibalistic behavior of Arctic charr occurring immediately after spawning. The number of fish cannibalizing on stray eggs was examined regarding (a) whether more than one male shed milt during the spawning event, that is, whether sperm competition occurred, (b) whether the sperm competition included few or many males, that is, the intensity of sperm competition, and (c) the density of fish at the spawning site. Response behavior toward egg cannibalism was also examined among females and dominant males in order to determine any parental investment toward protecting the eggs after spawning. Cannibalistic behavior was seen in almost 50% of the spawnings, and the multiple spawning events showed the highest numbers of fish cannibalizing on eggs. Both the number of males releasing milt and the number of fish approaching the spawning site were positively correlated with egg cannibalism. Sperm competition was, however, not a prerequisite for egg cannibalism. Although we also observed partial filial cannibalism, protective behavior of eggs was seen both among dominant males and females, suggesting that charr actually conduct parental care.