Spawning Behavior of Hemibarbus barbus (Cyprinidae)
Spawning Behavior of Hemibarbus barbus (Cyprinidae)
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Hemibarbus barbus(鲤科)的产卵行为
作者:
O. Katano;H. Hakoyama
Hemibarbus barbus is an endemic Japanese cyprinid whose spawning behavior has not been described. The fish is the largest among endemic Japanese cyprinids, reaching a maximum total length of 60 cm. Spawning occurs during a short period after floods in the April to June rainy season (Okada and Nakamura, 1947; Kubo et al., 1953; Takeshita and Kimura, 1991). It is in the subfamily Gobioninae (Banarescu and Nalbant, 1973; Hosoya, 1986) whose breeding habits are not well known. In this paper, the breeding habits of H. barbus are described and compared with those of four other species of Gobioninae.