Partial characterization of transferrins of catfish (Silurus glanis L.) and pike (Esox lucius L.)

Basic composition and properties of isolated transferrins of Silurus glanis and Esox lucius have been compared. In transferrin of S. glanis carbohydrate is absent, but it is present in transferrin of E. lucius (2.5%). The N-terminal amino acid is alanine in both species. Mol. wts are 68,400 (S. glanis) and 86,800 (E. lucius). Transferrins of the two species are heterogeneous, but genetic polymorphism was not observed.     

Site fidelity and seasonal changes in activity centre size of female pike Esox lucius in a small lake

The object of this study was to test site fidelity of female pike Esox lucius and to contrast the activity centre size in summer and winter in a 25 ha lake in north-eastern Germany using radio telemetry. Weekly 24 h tracking and two 96 h tracking exercises were conducted by boat from June to December 2005 and by walking on surface ice from January to February 2006. Positions of 12 E. lucius [total length ( L _T) = 450–733 mm] were recorded every 3 h within a 24 h tracking cycle. Site fidelity to individual summer activity centres was tested by translocating eight E. lucius away from their activity centre. All translocated E. lucius returned to their summer activity centre within 6 days, which provided evidence of site fidelity of E. lucius . There was no relation between E. lucius L _T or the translocation distance and return time to the activity centre after translocation. In winter, the activity centre size of E. lucius was significantly larger than in summer, but there was considerable overlap between the sites chosen in winter and those in summer. The seasonal variation in activity centre size possibly reflected changes in habitat structure ( e.g . collapse of structured vegetated habitats in winter) or prey fish distribution.     

Foraging success of juvenile pike Esox lucius depends on visual conditions and prey pigmentation

Young-of-the-year pike Esox lucius foraging on copepods experienced different foraging success depending on prey pigmentation in water visually degraded by brown colouration or algae. Both attack rate and prey consumption rate were higher for E. lucius foraging on transparent prey in brown water, whereas the opposite was true in algal turbid water. Pigments in copepod prey may have a cryptic function in brown water instead of a photo-protective function even if prey-size selectivity was stronger than selection based on pigmentation in juvenile E. lucius.     

白斑狗鱼含肉率及其营养价值的分析

测定了6尾白斑狗鱼(Esox lucius)的含肉率和营养成分,并与部分淡水优质经济鱼类进行了比较.结果表明:白斑狗鱼含肉率为64.8%,粗蛋白含量和脂肪含量分别为19.1%和1.4%,17种氨基酸总量为17.38%,其中7种必需氨基酸总量为8.14%,鲜味氨基酸总量为6.36%.必需氨基酸总量占氨基酸总量的45.73%,低于鸡蛋蛋白模式,但明显高于WHO/FAO模式.必需氨基酸指数为76.35,根据化学评分计算结果,得出第一限制性氨基酸为缬氨酸,第二限制性氨基酸为蛋氨酸,第三限制性氨基酸为异亮氨酸.结果提示,白斑狗鱼是一种营养价值较高的鱼类.     

Visibility conditions and diel period affect small-scale spatio-temporal behaviour of pike Esox lucius in the absence of prey and conspecifics

Pike Esox lucius in the absence of prey and conspecifics were shown to have the highest habitat-change activity during dusk and to decrease preference for complex habitats in turbid water. As the behaviours indicate routine responses in the absence of behavioural interactions, E. lucius spatio-temporal distributions should be directly affected and thereby more easily assessed and avoided by prey, with potential consequences for encounter rates.     

The causes of the formation of an intensive focus of triaenophoriasis in the upper Tuloma River reservoir]

Observations on the Triaenophorus crassus invasion in Coregonus lavaretus and Esox lucius were carried out in the period of 1984 to 1989 in the upper Tuloma River [correction of Verkhnetulomsk] water reservoir and Pechozero water body (the Pecha River) which form a common basin. Significant differences were noted in the infection rate of fishes with this parasite in the above water bodies. In Pechozero, where there are preserved natural conditions and therefore an ecological equilibrium in the host-parasite system, T. crassus is not abundant and the infection rate of C. lavaretus and E. lucius with this parasite is low. In the upper Tuloma River [correction of Verkhnetulomsk] water reservoir, due to the dropping out of the amphipod group of benthos from the biocoenosis of the water body, there has been formed a close ecological connection between copepods, C. lavaretus and E. lucius that resulted in the increase of T. crassus and gave rise to Triaenophorus infection of C. lavaretus here.     

微卫星标记分析白斑狗鱼遗传多样性

为了解我国境内白斑狗鱼(Esox lucius)野生群体的遗传多样性现状,利用8对微卫星引物对额尔齐斯河流域185河段、635河段、乌伦古湖及吉力湖4个地理群体的遗传多样性进行了研究。结果显示,8个微卫星位点的平均等位基因数为6.625 0,多态信息含量为0.603 6～0.656 5,可有效用于白斑狗鱼遗传多样性和遗传结构分析。4个群体的平均期望杂合度为0.712 6～0.660 0,表明我国境内野生白斑狗鱼群体有较高的遗传多样性水平。整个群体的总近交系数为0.266 6,少数个体存在近交现象,白斑狗鱼群体有近交倾向。平均分化系数为0.062 2,群体间的遗传变异占总群体变异的6.22%,白斑狗鱼各群体间的分化程度不大。群体间的基因流值变化范围为10.077 5～3.360 6,说明白斑狗鱼不同群体间存在较为广泛的基因交流。     

Monoamine oxidase activity in embryos of pike (Esox lucius)

1. Mitochondrial MAO specific activity was measured in eggs and early embryos of the teleostean fish Esox lucius using tryptamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and phenylethylamine (PEA) as substrates. 2. Tryptamine is the most readily deaminated substrate in mitochondria isolated from unfertilized eggs and embryos at the stages of cleavage, blastula and gastrula. 3. Monoamine oxidase activity gradually decreases during development and at the gastrula stage it is respectively 80% (tryptamine), 70% (5-HT) and 50% (PEA) of that found in the egg using the corresponding substrate. 4. The inhibition of egg MAO activity by clorgyline and deprenyl measured in E. lucius eggs using tryptamine as substrate, indicates the presence of a single form of MAO not corresponding to the MAO A and MAO B described in terrestrial vertebrates.     

A comparative study on glyoxalase II from vertebrata

S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase (glyoxalase II) from the liver of animals belonging to the various vertebrate classes (Oryctolagus cuniculus, Gallus gallus, Python molurus, Rana esculenta, Esox lucius) have been purified from 100,000 g supernatants of liver homogenates, using acetone fractionation and affinity chromatography. Subsequent comparative studies were concerned with some molecular and kinetic properties. Isoelectric focusing gave evidence for a single form of liver glyoxalase II in O. cuniculus, P. molurus and E. lucius, while the enzyme from G. gallus and R. esculenta showed respectively two and three forms with different pI values. All studied enzymes are basic proteins. The relative molecular mass values range from 18,000 to 23,000. The various glyoxalases II do not display markedly different Kn or Ki values. Their stability behavior at different temperatures is also quite similar.     

白斑狗鱼血液生理、生化指标值和血液流变学常值的研究

作者于１９９５年１１月在新疆额尔其斯河水系进行了调查，首次测试了白斑狗鱼血液生理，生化常值和血液流为学常值，结果发现，白斑狗鱼的全血粘度和血浆粘度均比茯它鱼类高，影响白斑狗鱼全血粘度的主要因子有红细胞压积（ＨＣＴ），血红蛋白（Ｈｂ），红细胞聚集性Ａ１，Ａ２，血浆粘度（η）而影响其血浆粘度的主要因子为血清胆固醇（ＣＨＯ），白斑狗鱼血清白蛋白（ＡＰ）与血清球蛋白（ＧＰ）之比为０．５７。     

Metazoan parasites of pike, Esox lucius Linnaeus, from Southern Indian Lake, Manitoba, Canada

Metazoan parasites of pike Esox lucius from Southern Indian Lake, Manitoba were studied to reveal species composition, differences with host age, sex, and location and season of capture. Pike hosted 18 species of metazoan parasites, two of which, Tetraonchus monenteron and Proteocephalus pinguis , made up over 84% of metazoan parasite numbers. Some parasite species exhibited definite patterns of abundance with host age and season which resulted from changes in host diet and behaviour. No differences in parasite abundance existed between the host sexes. Ranking of parasite abundances was significantly different between two sampling sites only 2 km apart as a result of intermediate host distribution. Impoundment could greatly change pike parasite levels. An initial decrease in parasite numbers could be followed by a rapid increase.     

Effects of photoperiod, feeding regime and water temperature on the formation of daily growth increments in otoliths of larval pike (Esox lucius L.)

Otolith growth increments of larval pike, Esox lucius L., were examined using known-age fish reared in the laboratory. Under different photoperiod, feeding, and temperature regimes, increments in the lapilli of all laboratory-reared fish were formed daily, starting on day 2–3 after hatching.

Zusammenfassung

Der Einfluß van Photoperiode, Futterrhythmus und Wassertemperatur auf die Anlage von Otolithen-Tagesringen bei jungen Hechten (Esox lucius L .)
Die Anlage von Tagesringen auf den Otolithen von Hechtlarven ( Esox lucius L. ) wurde unter verschie-denen Licht-, Futter- und Temperaturbedinungen im Labor untersucht. Bei allen Tieren setzte die Bildung von Tagesringen auf den Lapilli zwei lis dreiTage nach dem Schlüpfen ein.     

The relative duration of similar periods in the early embryogenesis of teleosts

The absolute (in min.) and relative (in the number of tau0) duration of the periods of cleavage, epiboly and that between the onset of gastrulation and the stage of 10 pairs of somites were determined in Cyprinus carpio L., Misgurnus fossils L., Esox lucius L. and Coregonus peled Gmel. at different constant temperatures. The stability of the dimensionless characteristics for the duration of each of these periods in the species in question within the limits of optimum temperatures was shown. A comparison of the relative duration of the same periods of early embryogenesis in C. carpio, M. fossilis, E. lucius, Salmo trutta L. morpha fario and S. gairdneri Rich. has shown that in the species under comparison the relative durations of the period of synchronous cleavage divisions are similar, whereas those of the period of asynchronous cleavage divisions differ. The relative durations were found to be similar for the period between the onset of gastrulation and the stage of 10 pairs of somites in M. fossilis, E. lucius and 2 species of Salmo. Differences were revealed in the relative duration of the period of epiboly; the average relative rate of the movement of blastoderm cells toward the vegetative pole is similar in the species with the eggs of small size (C. carpio, M. fossilis, Coregonus peled) and increases with the egg size. The temporal relationships between the embryonic periods under study in the species in question and possible mechanism which determine these relationships are considered with respect to the data on egg structure, as well as on the stage when the isolated blastoderm acquires the capacity of differentiation in vitro.     

Noradrenaline, dopamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and tryptophan concentrations in the brains of four cohabiting species of fish

1. The concentrations of the neurotransmitters noradrenaline, dopamine and 5-hydroxy-tryptamine and the amino acid tryptophan were determined in the telencephalon, optic lobes and rest of the brains of four species of fish collected from a stream in central Saskatchewan. 2. The species investigated were white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), longnosed dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) and northern pike (Esox lucius). 3. Significant differences were found in the concentrations of amines in different regions of the brain within species and within the same brain region between species. 4. These results may be related to the phylogenetic differences or to patterns in brain development evolved by fish species to adapt to particular lifestyles.     

Blood values in the pike Esox lucius L.

The ranges and mean values of haematocrit, red cell, white cell and differential cell counts, red/white cell ratio, red cell fragilities, haemoglobin levels and serum protein concentrations of adult pike Esox lucius L. have been measured, and the serum electrophoretic patterns on cellulose acetate and polyacrylamide gel described and discussed. It is hoped that these blood values will provide normal standards for the pike since normal ranges are wide, and isolated measurements therefore of limited value.     

Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation among central and southern European Esox lucius populations

Low levels of mitochondrial DNA variation were observed among pike Esox lucius populations from major drainage systems of Europe. Populations from the Italian peninsula including southern Switzerland were genetically distinct from other samples.     

The Role of gastric evacuation rate in handling time of equal-mass rations of different prey sizes in northern pike

In a laboratory experiment, northern pike Esox lucius gastric evacuation rates did not differ between equal-mass rations of small and large prey. In a comparison between intermediate and large prey, the pike were unable to fit two intermediate prey completely into the stomach at the same time, resulting in two consecutive evacuations, and changes in patterns of gastric evacuation. Thus, total gastric evacuation time was not affected by prey size composition in equal-mass rations, but patterns in evacuation rate may depend on the size ratio between predator and prey. Cumulative manipulation time between strike and complete swallowing of prey differed between equal-mass rations of small, intermediate and large prey, in that small prey took the shortest time to manipulate. Pike had problems striking and redirecting intermediate prey to swallow them head first, and the manipulation times for intermediate prey were as long as for large prey. Since an increased time manipulating prey in the mouth increases risk of predation and intraspecific interactions in pike, it is concluded that risks associated with long manipulation times, and not only energy per total handling time, determine prey value and prey size preference in this piscivore.     

Cytochemical characteristics of the labrocyte-like cells in the capsule of the plerocercoids of Triaenophorus nodulosus (Pallas, 1781) and Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) cestodes]

Out of six fish species examined (Esox lucius, Paracottus kessleri, Perca fluviatilis, Leuciscus leuciscus baicalensis, Coregonus autumnalis migratorius, Thymallus arcticus baicalensis) labrocyte-like cells were detected in Esox lucius, Leuciscus leuciscus baicalensis, Coregonus autumnalis migratotius. The cells contain large metachromatic granules. Histochemical methods revealed in them sulfated and carboxylic acid mucopolysacharides. The amount of labrocyte-like cells in the capsules around plerocercoids of Triaenophrus nodulosis from Esox lucits liver depends on the age of the capsule and that of the plerocercoid. It increases when the connective tissue papsule is forming and decreases again under aging and degeneration of the capsule containing plerocercoid. The amount of labrocyte-like cells in the cestodes capsules of Raillietina increases sharply when they locate in an accidental organ (liver). This demonstrates the acuteness of organ reactivity to a nonspecific helminth.     

Studies on Ligula intestinalis Some aspects of the pathology in the second intermediate host

A 3 year survey of a lake, in which 120 roach, Rutilus rutilus , were examined revealed the presence of the plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis in more than 90 % of the fish. The average number of parasites per fish was 4.2 although fish exceeding 32 g were not ligulosed. Gudgeon, Gobio gobio , of all sizes were affected. Implants of the plerocercoids into small roach, gudgeon and goldfish, Carassius auratus , were successful but not in the case of Perca fluviatilis, Esox lucius and Leuciscus cephalus. The pathological effects of the plerocercoids on roach and gudgeon are described.     

A comparison of the growth of radio-tagged and dye-marked pike

Radio-tagged and dye-marked adult pike Esox lucius L. were recaptured in a reservoir 1 year after tagging. There was no significant difference in length or weight growth rate between the two groups of fish and no change in their condition factor.