Life history traits of two dwarf cichlids species in the white waters of the Amazonian floodplain |
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Authors: | Jomara Cavalcante de Oliveira Helder Lima de Queiroz |
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Affiliation: | 1.Laboratory Ecology and Biology of Fishes,Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá,Tefé-AM,Brazil |
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Abstract: | The reproductive parameters are among the most important life history aspects of fishes influenced by environmental variation. During recent years, the main life history strategies of Amazonian fish species were defined mostly by a set of reproductive parameters. In the present work, we sought to describe important life history parameters, in particular on reproductive characteristics of Apistogramma agassizii and Apistogramma bitaeniata, found in floodplain lakes of the Brazilian Amazonia. The species presented a positive sexual dimorphism, and males were significantly bigger than females. For both sexes, four developmental phase of gonad maturation were detected, and based on those it was possible to identify mature, reproductive specimens throughout the entire period of the study. From the ovaries of mature females, fecundity and spawning type were determined. Low fecundity, short spawning periods, possibly separated only by few months, and total spawning are all good indications that A. agassizii and A. bitaeniata evolved an opportunistic strategy in their life history. |
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