瓦氏黄颡鱼的繁殖生物学研究

研究了长江中游嘉鱼至新滩口江段瓦氏黄颡鱼的繁殖生物学。性腺发育可分为6个时期。4-7月性成熟系数较高,为繁殖季节。雌、雄鱼的肥满度和脂肪系数在繁殖前和繁殖后各出现1个峰值,繁殖期出现最小值。绝对繁殖力为1088-19765(粒),平均7728±4093(粒);相对繁殖力为23-88(粒),平均55±16(粒)。绝对繁殖力与体长、体重和年龄呈显著的正相关,其中体重与绝对繁殖力的关系最密切。群体性比接近1:1。属一次性产卵类型。两性最小性成熟年龄均为2龄。为补充群体占优势的繁殖群体。     

华南地区外来鱼类革胡子鲶的繁殖生物学

2011年8月—2015年8月在华南地区主要河流收集255尾革胡子鲶(Clarias gariepinus)样本,对其繁殖生物学特征进行研究。结果表明:革胡子鲶繁殖季节为5—8月,繁殖旺季为6—7月,卵径分布呈现明显的多峰型;成熟系数与脂肪系数和肥满度的周年变化存在相反的趋势;绝对繁殖力为2850~605720粒,均值234232±175498粒,与体长、体重和年龄呈正相关;相对繁殖力为20~445粒·g~(-1),均值165±99粒·g~(-1),随体长、体重和年龄的增加呈先增加后趋于稳定趋势;绝对繁殖力和相对繁殖力均大于常见的鲶科鱼类。繁殖群体性比为1∶1.12,符合1∶1比例;雌、雄鱼最小性成熟个体均为1龄,Ⅳ期性腺;雌鱼体长174 mm,体重119.5 g,成熟系数为8.50%;雄鱼体长205 mm,体重116.2 g,成熟系数为0.45%;繁殖群体以1和2龄鱼为主,分别占繁殖群体总数的42.28%和51.68%,以补充群体占优势;华南地区革胡子鲶野生种群具有分批产卵、相对繁殖力高、卵径小、性成熟年龄低的特征,有利于其迅速建立稳定的种群,应加强对革胡子鲶野生种群动态的监测力度,并进一步采取防控措施。     

山美水库两种入侵罗非鱼繁殖生物学比较

为比较山美水库两种入侵齐氏罗非鱼(Coptodon zillii)和伽利略罗非鱼(Sarotherodon galilaeus)种群的繁殖生物学特征,于2021年3—10月份在山美水库逐月采样,分析了繁殖时间、性比、绝对繁殖力、相对繁殖力和成熟卵径等特征。结果表明,两种罗非鱼均于4月份开始繁殖,齐氏罗非鱼繁殖高峰为7月, 10月结束繁殖;伽利略罗非鱼繁殖高峰为6月, 9月结束繁殖。齐氏罗非鱼平均绝对繁殖力为(4009.85±1305.69)粒、平均体重相对繁殖力为(67.32±15.63)粒/g、平均体长相对繁殖力为(31.31±5.03)粒/mm;伽利略罗非鱼平均绝对繁殖力为(1701.85±591.29)粒、平均体重相对繁殖力为(6.46±0.87)粒/g、平均体长相对繁殖力为(8.22±2.33)粒/mm;齐氏罗非鱼的绝对繁殖力、体重相对繁殖力和体长相对繁殖力均显著高于伽利略罗非鱼,平均成熟卵径则显著小于伽利略罗非鱼。齐氏罗非鱼和伽利略罗非鱼繁殖群体的雌雄性比分别为1.59和1.83,两个种群的雌雄性比无显著差异,但均显著偏离1﹕1。研究表明两种共同入侵的罗非鱼种群具有不同的繁殖...     

锦江翘嘴鲌的繁殖生物学特征

对2015年1月至12月采集于锦江的翘嘴鲌(Culter alburnus)进行了繁殖生物学特征的研究。锦江的翘嘴鲌繁殖期集中在6~7月,属分批产卵类型。繁殖群体年龄在3+龄至6+龄之间,体长250~537 mm,体重184.9~2 587.5 g。雌雄性比1.14︰1,体表差异表现在泄殖孔和腹部膨胀程度,雌雄群体间体长-体重关系存在显著性差异(0.01P0.05)。性成熟雌鱼绝对繁殖力25 067~54 274粒,相对繁殖力24.2~36.9粒/g,平均卵径(1.1±0.3)mm。性成熟系数在1~5月份逐渐增大,6月明显上升,7月达到最高峰,8月显著下降,9~12月逐渐趋于平缓。采用Logistic方程推算了初次性成熟个体特征,雄性体长273 mm,体重192.0 g,年龄3.4龄;雌性体长311 mm,体重249.4 g,年龄4.2龄。锦江种群繁殖期与其他地理种群相近,但绝对繁殖力和相对繁殖力明显偏小。     

广州地区人工湖食蚊鱼的种群特征

为调查广州地区人工湖泊食蚊鱼的分布以及探究不同生境要素下食蚊鱼的生长繁殖特点和种群特征,于2012 年5 月-7月份对广州地区6 区19 个人工湖进行实地考察,发现所考察的人工湖均有食蚊鱼的分布。利用捕捞量比较其中4 个人工湖食蚊鱼种群数量,结果显示水体相对富营养化的月湖食蚊鱼数量比其余3 个人工湖高出39.5-43.1 倍。比较4 个人工湖食蚊鱼的形态、摄食、相对怀卵量以及种群结构等指标,结果显示月湖食蚊鱼肥满指数显著低于其余3 个人工湖,而肝体指数和消化道饱满指数却显著高于其余3 个人工湖。同时,月湖雌鱼的相对怀卵量也显著高于其余3 个人工湖,其种群中幼鱼所占比例最大,成鱼中雄鱼所占比例大于雌鱼。反映了水体饵料生物丰富条件下,更有利于食蚊鱼的摄食和繁殖,种群结构低龄化,呈快速增长型。     

雅鲁藏布江中游双须叶须鱼群体繁殖力与繁殖策略研究

双须叶须鱼Ptychobarbus dipogon隶属裂腹鱼亚科, 叶须鱼属, 是西藏特有经济鱼类, 研究通过对其繁殖力和繁殖策略的研究, 旨在为双须叶须鱼的科学保护和合理开发提供理论依据。于2013年2月至3月以及2014年2月中旬至6月中旬, 在雅鲁藏布江中游区段采集到1030尾双须叶须鱼, 雄鱼体长主要集中在325—400 mm, 雌鱼体长主要集中在375 mm以上, 其中Ⅳ期、Ⅴ期的雌鱼65尾, 体长为320—500 mm, 体重为411.6—1328.0 g。采用SL50%的方法, 雌鱼初次性成熟体长为360.90 mm, 初次性成熟年龄为13.0龄; 雄鱼初次性成熟体长为354.53 mm, 初次性成熟年龄为13.5龄。从不同月份不同性腺发育期所占比例, 不同月份的性体指数变化以及不同月份卵径分布图, 可以看出双须叶须鱼属于同步产卵类型, 集中在2—4月份。双须叶须鱼平均绝对繁殖力为3487粒, 平均相对体长繁殖力为7.2粒/mm, 平均相对体重繁殖力为4.3粒/g, 绝对繁殖力与体长、体重呈正相关, 与年龄无显著相关性。群体性比为1.23 鲶1。综上所述, 双须叶须鱼是繁殖力较低、性成熟较晚和繁殖期较短的鱼类, 我们针对其繁殖特性提出了一些保护性建议。     

长江宜昌段鲢的繁殖生物学特征

2014年3月至2016年9月在长江中下游宜昌江段共收集鲢(Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)样本433尾,进行繁殖生物学研究。该江段鲢的繁殖时间为每年的5月下旬至8月上旬,以6~7月为盛产期。繁殖群体体长310~927 mm,体重600~17 090 g,由3~7龄共5个年龄组组成,3龄群体数量上占绝对优势,占繁殖群体的45.2%。雌雄性比为1.43︰1,雌雄群体间体长-体重关系存在显著性差异(0.01P0.05)。采用Logistic方程推算出初次性成熟雌性个体体长为482.3 mm,体重为2 206.7 g;初次性成熟雄性个体体长为484.0 mm,体重1 677.5 g。卵径(1.01±0.12)mm,大小分布呈单峰型,为单批产卵型鱼类。绝对繁殖力(477 662±9 631)粒,相对繁殖力为(93.38±5.92)粒/g,绝对繁殖力随着鱼体长、体重增长而增大。与其他地理种群相比较,宜昌江段鲢总体表现为卵径相对较小而繁殖力较大。     

雅鲁藏布江中游双须叶须鱼群体繁殖力与繁殖策略研究（英文）

双须叶须鱼Ptychobarbus dipogon隶属裂腹鱼亚科,叶须鱼属,是西藏特有经济鱼类,研究通过对其繁殖力和繁殖策略的研究,旨在为双须叶须鱼的科学保护和合理开发提供理论依据。于2013年2月至3月以及2014年2月中旬至6月中旬,在雅鲁藏布江中游区段采集到1030尾双须叶须鱼,雄鱼体长主要集中在325—400 mm,雌鱼体长主要集中在375 mm以上,其中Ⅳ期、Ⅴ期的雌鱼65尾,体长为320—500 mm,体重为411.6—1328.0 g。采用SL50%的方法,雌鱼初次性成熟体长为360.90 mm,初次性成熟年龄为13.0龄;雄鱼初次性成熟体长为354.53 mm,初次性成熟年龄为13.5龄。从不同月份不同性腺发育期所占比例,不同月份的性体指数变化以及不同月份卵径分布图,可以看出双须叶须鱼属于同步产卵类型,集中在2—4月份。双须叶须鱼平均绝对繁殖力为3487粒,平均相对体长繁殖力为7.2粒/mm,平均相对体重繁殖力为4.3粒/g,绝对繁殖力与体长、体重呈正相关,与年龄无显著相关性。群体性比为1.23鲶1。综上所述,双须叶须鱼是繁殖力较低、性成熟较晚和繁殖期较短的鱼类,我们针对其繁殖特性提出了一些保护性建议。     

塔里木河叶尔羌高原鳅繁殖生物学研究

2010年7月至2011年12月,在塔里木河阿拉尔段采集叶尔羌高原鳅Triplophysa (Hedinichthys) yar-kandensis (Day)940尾(除性别未辨个体外)用于繁殖生物学研究。种群雌雄比为0.85︰1,最小性成熟,雌性个体体长为8.2 cm,体重为7.4 g,年龄为3龄;雄性个体体长为6.5 cm,体重为3.4 g,年龄为2龄。叶尔羌高原鳅卵径分布呈单峰形,推测应属于同步产卵类型。计算了88尾Ⅳ-Ⅴ期雌鱼的怀卵量,其体长范围30-195 mm,体重范围3.59-114.04 g,绝对繁殖力为1101-56320(9944±5487)粒,相对繁殖力为824-1140(982±158);塔里木河阿拉尔段叶尔羌高原鳅种群繁殖力(Fp)为403.46万粒。     

不同链长脂肪酸对斑马鱼的性腺脂肪酸组成、繁殖力与仔鱼成活率的影响

将体质健壮的4月龄斑马鱼(Danio rerio)亲鱼[雄鱼(0.36±0.05) g/尾, 雌鱼(0.59±0.06) g/尾]雌雄各180尾, 随机平均分配在室内斑马鱼循环系统的18个养殖缸中。在斑马鱼基础饲料(对照组)中分别添加7 g/kg n-3HUFA (高不饱和脂肪酸, Highly unsaturated fatty acid)(HUFA组)及10 g/kg MCFA (中链脂肪酸, Medium chain fatty acid)(MCFA组), 制成3组等氮等脂饲料, 饲养90d后, 探究不同链长脂肪酸对斑马鱼的性腺脂肪酸组成、繁殖力和仔鱼成活率的影响。结果表明: (1)3组雌鱼性腺的脂肪酸组成均受到所饲喂饲料脂肪酸组成的影响, 其相关系数均在0.8以上。HUFA组雌鱼性腺中EPA和DHA的相对含量显著高于MCFA组及对照组(P<0.05), 而MCFA组与对照组之间无显著差异; HUFA组油酸的相对含量显著低于MCFA组及对照组(P<0.05), 而MCFA组与对照组之间无显著差异; HUFA组及MCFA组亚麻酸的相对含量与对照组之间均无显著差异, 但MCFA组显著高于HUFA组(P<0.05)。(2)HUFA组及MCFA组雌鱼的成熟系数、绝对繁殖力、体重与体长的相对繁殖力均显著高于对照组(P<0.05), 同时在雌鱼绝对繁殖力、相对繁殖力上, HUFA组显著高于MCFA组(P<0.05)。(3)将对照组雄鱼与各组雌鱼配对繁殖的结果显示, 分别与HUFA组及MCFA组雌鱼配对繁殖后的雌鱼的绝对产卵量、相对产卵量和仔鱼成活率均显著高于与对照组雌鱼的配对, 同时以上指标HUFA组雌鱼均显著高于MCFA组雌鱼(P<0.05)。将对照组雌鱼与各组雄鱼配对繁殖的结果表明, 与HUFA组雄鱼配对后其受精率均显著高于与MCFA组及对照组雄鱼的配对(P<0.05)。综上所述, 试验饲料显著影响斑马鱼雌鱼性腺的脂肪酸组成, HUFA及MCFA均可以促进斑马鱼雌鱼的繁殖性能和仔鱼成活率的提高, 在试验条件下, HUFA的效果更好。     

Intra-annual variation in the batch fecundity of sardine off Portugal

Atresia in the ovaries of sardine Sardina pilchardus did not show clear seasonal patterns. There was high prevalance ( c. 60%) and low intensity ( c. 1% of gonadal area occupied by oocytes) in all months of the spawning season studied. The batch size to ovary-free mass relationship was significantly different in the mid-spawning season, with higher relative fecundity and gonadosomatic index (I_G) in January than in November and March. There was no additional effect on batch fecundity due to age or condition factor. Data from monthly market samples during 1998–1999 revealed a continuous decline of the condition factor throughout the spawning season. The market samples also revealed that the duration of the spawning season is not equal for all fish. In any month, pre-spawning fish tended to have significantly higher I_G than spawners, indicating that delayed initiation of spawning can lead to larger relative fecundity. The increase in sardine relative fecundity during the first half of the spawning season is probably due to the continuous influx of new spawners and possibly to body mass loss that is initially not translated into gonad mass loss. After January when all visible fat reserves within the body cavity have disappeared, the influx of new spawners practically ceases.     

Rapid Morphological Changes in Threespine Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, in Freshwater

Synopsis Freshwater and marine threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, differ remarkably in armour plate number and body shape, although differences in other morphological characters are also common. Most freshwater populations have apparently evolved after isolation of marine sticklebacks in freshwater. After colonisation of freshwater habitats, they show rapid morphological changes and associated genetic isolation within as few as eight generations. I transferred fish from marine tide pools to two isolated freshwater ponds, differing in habitat characteristics, at the beginning of the breeding season, when females had ripe ovaries and males had breeding coloration. The first generation fish that I sampled from the ponds had significantly fewer armour plates than their marine ancestors and differed in shape. I also found some significant differences between fish sampled from the larger pond and those from a smaller, adjacent pond. This extremely rapid morphological divergence suggests that either the marine sticklebacks were highly phenotypically plastic or that there was very strong natural selection acting on the first generation within freshwater habitats.     

The reproductive cycle, condition and feeding in Barbus liberiensis, a tropical stream-dwelling cyprinid

This investigation examines the biology of Barbus liberiensis , a small cyprinid living in the forest streams of Sierra Leone and Liberia, in relation to seasonal changes in the environment. The population studied showed a single discrete breeding season coinciding with the early part of the rains. Maturing fish previously marked moved upstream at this time. The pattern of gonad development is analysed and the relationship of fecundity to body size is defined numerically. The total and somatic (i.e. excluding gonad weights) condition of the fishes, relative to the length/weight data in September-November when the gonads are resting, reach a peak at spawning time for both mature males and females and for immature fish. The pattern of condition during a year differs in the two sexes.
B. liberiensis consumes a wide variety of foods but relies largely on insects and higher plant fragments. Debris from the forest canopy is an important source of nutriment. The fish feed, during the daytime and possibly at night, throughout the year. Experiments to determine the rate at which food passes through the gut are described and show that food passage is rapid.
The seasonal cycles in condition and reproduction are discussed in relation to cycles in some other tropical and temperate riverine fishes.     

徐家河水库翘嘴鲌的个体生殖力

2008年4-6月,在徐家河水库采集性成熟翘嘴鲌雌鱼,取鳞片鉴定年龄(A),测量其体长(L)、体质量(M)和性腺质量(M_o)等形态指标,用称量法计数个体绝对生殖力(F),据此计算体长相对生殖力(F_L)、体质量相对生殖力(F_M)、成熟系数（GSI）和肥满度(CF)等指标,对徐家河水库翘嘴鲌个体生殖力与形态指标的关系进行了分析.结果表明：调查样本由2⁺～5⁺龄组成,个体绝对生殖力与体长、体质量和年龄分别呈幂函数、幂函数和直线相关,体长相对生殖力与体长、体质量和年龄也分别呈幂函数、幂函数和直线相关,而体质量相对生殖力与各形态指标的相关性不显著.多元逐步回归分析结果表明,研究区翘嘴鲌个体绝对生殖力与体质量和性腺质量密切相关,体长相对生殖力与性腺质量、肥满度和成熟系数密切相关,而体质量相对生殖力仅与成熟系数相关.     

Annual variation in energy reserves in male three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatm L. (Pisces, Gasterosteidae)

Wet and dry weights of tissue were measured and concentrations of glycogen, lipid and protein were estimated for the liver, gonad and carcass of male sticklebacks from an annual population collected each month over one complete year. In young-of-the-year there is one period of rapid weight gain, in all three body regions (liver, carcass and gonads) but particularly of the carcass, in the autumn and a second in spring and early summer. This is accompanied by an increase in the water content of all three body regions. The gonadosomatic index also increases sharply in spring and early summer. Young sticklebacks accumulate lipid and glycogen slowly during the autumn and winter of their first year of life and more rapidly from late winter to early summer. Thus, the period of most rapid accumulation of these reserves coincides with the time when body weight and gonad maturation are also increasing sharply. Lipid and glycogen levels fall during the reproductive season in those males that breed, so that by July they are reduced to 43% and 37% (respectively) of their peak values in May. Levels of protein increase throughout the year as the fish grow, but in breeding males by July the concentration of protein in the carcass falls to 70% of pre-breeding levels. Breeding males therefore reach the end of the reproductive season with their total energy reserves severely reduced, and consequently they suffer a very high mortality. In contrast, adult males that fail to reproduce survive beyond the breeding season. They continue to gain weight and to accumulate lipid and glycogen from August to September, but these energy reserves fall (to levels comparable to those of post-breeding fish) in December, when these fish probably die. These results demonstrate that in male sticklebacks, growth and gonad maturation can be sustained in parallel with the accumulation of energy reserves, which are subsequently extensively depleted as a result of reproductive activities.     

The annual reproductive cycle of the Smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris) in England

Newts were collected throughout the year from both breeding ponds and terrestrial sites and were weighed, measured and dissected; in males, the testes were examined histologically. Smooth newts show post-nuptial gametogenesis such that, during late summer and autumn they are producing mature gametes for the following year's breeding season. In males, the testes are at their smallest size during the spring, when they consist mostly of immature sperm cysts and evacuated tissue, mature sperm having been evacuated into the vasa deferentia during the newts' migration to water. Evacuated testicular tissue is glandular in function and there is evidence that secretions from this tissue control the development of secondary sexual characters: the dorsal crest, fringes of skin on the toes and the dorsal cloacal gland. In both sexes, fat body and liver weights are lowest in the spring and increase in the autumn. In females, oocytes vary in size, depending on the amount of yolk they contain. Only the larger oocytes are laid in a current breeding season, the smaller ones being retained and yolked in late summer and autumn. In both sexes, measures of fecundity (testis size in males, oocyte number in females) are strongly correlated with body size. The finding that male newts have a finite supply of sperm during the breeding season leads to an interpretation of various aspects of male courtship behaviour. These are adaptations for conserving sperm and allocating it to courtship encounters in a way likely to promote male reproductive success.     

Seasonal variation in the composition of fish assemblages in small Amazonian forest streams: evidence for predictable changes

1. The effects of seasonal inundation on the biology of fishes on floodplains of large Amazonian rivers are well studied. However, the small seasonal changes in headwater streams are generally considered to have little effect on fish assemblages. 2. In this study, we analysed seasonal changes in the species composition and abundance of fish in small Amazonian forest streams. We sampled fish with hand and seine nets in headwater streams in a 10 000 ha terra‐firme forest reserve near Manaus, Brazil. Each stream was surveyed at the end of the 2005 dry season, at the beginning of the 2006 rainy season and at the beginning of the 2006 dry season, by means of a standardized sampling effort. 3. The numbers of individuals and species caught were higher in the dry season, but rarefaction analyses indicated that greater species numbers could have been due simply to the larger number of individuals caught. 4. Between the dry and rainy season, the direction of changes in species composition in multivariate space varied among sites, especially for quantitative (abundance) data. However, the observed variation among sites was the less than expected if the directions of change were random. 5. Fish assemblages in the second dry season were more similar to those in the previous dry season than expected if changes in species composition among seasons were random. This indicates that a general seasonal pattern in fish assemblages can be detected, despite the existence of some erratic site‐specific changes. 6. Most of the species that showed large seasonal variations in density occupy temporary ponds during the rainy season, when much of the valley is inundated and pond networks form adjacent to streams. Short‐duration lateral migrations to these ponds may play an important role in the seasonal fish‐assemblage dynamics in Amazonian headwater streams. 7. Our results contrast with previous studies on small Amazonian streams, which have found little seasonal change in fish assemblages, and highlight the importance of the abundance of common species as an indicator of general fish assemblage structure in biological monitoring programmes.     

Fish assemblages in temporary ponds adjacent to 'terra-firme' streams in Central Amazonia

1. The effect of habitat structural features and physicochemical characteristics of the water on the composition and richness of fish assemblages in temporary ponds near streams were examined at three spatial scales: among ponds, among streams and between drainage basins, in a ‘terra‐firme’ (not subject to long‐term flooding) forest reserve in Central Amazonia. 2. The fish assemblage in temporary ponds was composed of subsets of 18 small‐bodied species widely distributed in the reserve. The assemblages had a nested subset structure, where smaller ponds contained subgroups of the species found in larger ponds. 3. Species composition and richness in temporary ponds were similar between drainage basins, although the fish assemblages in streams differed between basins. 4. Fish assemblage structure was influenced by local factors related to habitat structure, such as pond area and depth, canopy cover and hydroperiod. Physicochemical characteristics of the water in the ponds were similar between drainage basins and had little detectable effect on the structure of pond fish assemblages. 5. No correspondence was found between the composition, richness or abundance of fishes in the ponds and in stretches of the streams adjacent to the ponds. Therefore, it is not possible to predict the composition of these temporary pond fish assemblages from the fish assemblages found in adjacent streams.     

Observations on the reproductive biology of Mastacembelus armatus (Lacèpede)

Some observations on the biology of Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède) from Muzaffarnagar (U.P., India) have been made during the period July 1966 to June 1969. At a particular stage of maturity of the fish there is a close relationship between the gonad weight and the body weight which helps in determining the breeding period of the fish. Both male and female fishes mature simultaneously. The gonad weight influences the relative condition, while the visceral weight does not exert any significant effect on it. The development of the female gonads greatly affect the curve of relative condition, more than the development of male gonads, though the curve for male fish also shows a steady rise and fall in the seasonal variations of the relative condition. Seasonal fluctuations in relative condition correspond to its spawning season. In M. armatus , the presence of two peaks in the curve confirm two breeding seasons. The present studies have also elucidated to a certain extent the important aspect of the maturation and spawning habits of M. armatus in North India. The fish has two breeding seasons of short duration during June and July and again in November. The mature ovaries of each season contain slight maturing ova of next season along with mature ova of the present season. The entire stock of ova measuring 0.16 mm and above are shed during spawning.     

Reproductive and growth strategies of the red roach, Rutilus arcasii (Steindachner, 1866), in two contrasting tributaries of the River Duero, Spain

The life-histories of red roach were assessed in the R. Moros and the R. Ucero, two contrasting tributaries of the R. Duero. Growth occurred from April to October and Ucero red roach were larger than those in the Moros from their second year onwards. Condition increased with gonad development and abruptly decreased after spawning in both populations. The condition of Ucero fish recovered during the summer, but that of the Moros fish remained low. The same year classes (1980 and 1982) dominated both populations. River Moros red roach spawned in a 4-week period between the end of April and early June, while the spawning season of Ucero red roach lasted until August. The length to fecundity relationship was similar for both populations, and fecundity and ovum size increased with fish length. The life-history traits of these red roach populations are discussed in relation to current life-history theories.