Observation on the Reproductive Habits of Darters (Pisces-Percidae)
Observation on the Reproductive Habits of Darters (Pisces-Percidae)
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蛇鲈(双鱼鲈科)繁殖习性的观察
DOI:
10.2307/2422384
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发表时间:
1958
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0.6
通讯作者:
H. E. Winn
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作者:
H. E. Winn
The darters comprise an important group of the temperate freshwater fish fauna of the Atlantic drainage of North America. These fishes make up the subfamily Etheostomatinae in the Percidae and over one half of the almost one hundred species are confined to the Mississippi River drainage. A wide variety of breeding habits is exhibited by this group of fishes. It is the purpose of this paper to present the field and laboratory observations on the reproductive behavior of fourteen species and to relate each to the previously published data. Adequate reviews of the literature on the biology of these fish have been published (Raney and Lachner, 1939; Fahy, 1954). Except for the comprehensive study of the greenside darter by Fahy (1954) the literature consists of only brief papers on biology and life histories. The information presented here along with data on habitat, sex ratio, migration, territory, sex recognition, and eggs has been treated comparatively by Winn (1955).