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Fish eggs, larvae and juveniles occurring in the Shimanto estuary

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06660237
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field General fisheries
Research InstitutionKYOTO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

KINOSHITA Izumi  Kyoto Univ., Fac.of Agr., Assis.Prof., 農学部, 助手 (60225000)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SEIKAI Tadahisa  Kyoto Univ., Fac.of Agr., Assis.Prof., 農学部, 助手 (10144338)
TANAKA Masaru  Kyoto Univ., Fac.of Agr., Prof., 農学部, 教授 (20155170)
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1995
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsEstuary / Shimanto River / Brackish waters / Larval fishes / Nusery / Reproduction / アユ / 両側回遊魚 / 鉛直分布 / プロラクチン / 淡水適応
Research Abstract

The larval and juvenile ichthyofauna of the shimanto estuary and adjacent surf zones showed marked differences from that of the coastal and offshore habitats in the poorness of Engraulis japonicus, which occurs in those habitats as by far the dominant species. The presence of Mugil cephalus, Liza carinata, Terapon jarbua and Acanthopagrus schlegeli and the absence of Blenniidaem, Sebasticus marmoratus and Callionymidae distinguished the ichthyofauna of the bank waters from that in the center of estuary and surf zones of sandy beaches have something in euryhaline and diadromous fishes.
Some of fish species occurring in the bank waters of the Shimanto estuary are also collected in the surf zones of sandy beaches. Among those species, the principal habitats is considered to be either of the two above-mentioned biotopes. For the Lateolabrax japonicus, for instance, the estuary is a main habitat, but not for the L.latus. Hence it is found that the community of fish larvae and juveniles mainl … More y occupying the bank waters of the estuary is an exceptional species which has successfully adapted to estuary environment characterized by a relatively low salinity condition.
The three sparines move from non-eelgrass habitats to eelgrass beds in the bank waters of the estuary at the early juvenile stage. Thus those fishes are categorized as migrant species within the non-eelgrass area which they use as a hbitat only for a brief time. Consequently, it seems that the role of the non-eelgrass habitats in the bank waters as a nursery for these species is similar to that of the surf zones on sandy beaches that are occupied by migrant species. Subsequently, they reside in eelgrass beds at least until the late juvenile or young stage. During this timem, they transform to demersal habit, and feed on benthic animals in eelgrass beds. Thus the eelgrass beds seem to play an important role in their settlement.
As a consequence, the bank waters of the estuary consisting of non-eelgrass areas and eelgrass beds is found to be an important nursery where the exceptional species adapted to low salinity environment can spend a great part of their early life history. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 1995 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1994 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] I.Kinoshita,S.Fujita,I.Takahashi,K.Azuma,T.Noichi,M.Tanaka: "A morphological and meristic comparison of larval and juvenile temperate bass,Lateolabrax japonicus,from various sites in western and central Japan" Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 42. 165-171 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中山耕至,木下泉,青海忠久,中坊徹次,田中克: "飼育下での中国産および日本産スズキ仔稚魚の形態比較" 魚類学雑誌. 43. (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] I.Kinoshita,K.Azuma,S.Fujita,I.Takahashi,K.Niimi,S.Harada: "Eary life history of catadromous sculpin,Cottus Kazika,in Japan" Environmental Biology of Fishes. (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] I.Kinoshita, S.Fujita, I.Takahashi, K.Azuma, T.Noichi, M.Tanaka: "A morphological and meristic comparison of larval and juvenile temperate bass, Lateolabrax japonicus, from various sites in western and central Japan" Japan.J.Ichthyol.42 (2). 165-171 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] K.Nakayama, I.Kinoshita, T.Seikai, T.Nakabo, M.Tanaka: "Morphological comparison during early stages in temperate bass, Lateolabrax japonicus, between Chinese and Japanese forms under rearing conditions" Japan.J.Ichthyol.43 (2). (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] I.Kinoshita, K.Azuma, S.Fujita, I.Takahashi, K.Niimi, S.Harada: "Early life history of catadromous sculpin, Cottus kazika, in Japan" Environ.Biol.Fishes. (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary

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