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Masako Hara, Izumi Akagawa, Ryouka Kawahara2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 1-13
Published: April 25, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: May 05, 2015
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe ultrastructure of mature spermatozoan was examined by TEM and SEM for 11 species of Gasterosteoidei: Hypoptychidae (Hypoptychus dybowski), Aulorhynchidae (Aulichthys japonicus, Aulorhynchus flavidus), and Gasterosteidae (Gasterosteus aculeatus, G. wheatlandi, Pungitius pungitius, P. tymensis, P. sinensis, P. kaibarae ssp., Culaea inconstans, and Spinachia spinachia). All spermatozoa were characteristic of a uniflagellate anachrosomal aquasperm type, but with significant variations. Nuclei, characterized in all species by a very shallow nuclear fossa, were grouped into four morphological types, ranging from an elongate temple bell shape to fully spherical. Coaxial arrangements of the proximal and distal centriole were confirmed in most species. A centriolar plug and accessory appendage were observed in some gasterosteid species, and a centriolar adjunct shared by Aulorhynchus flavidus and the gasterosteids. Mitochondria were divided into ring and tube-shaped types, separable at the generic level. Sperm morphology indicated paraphyly of Aulorhynchidae as presently recognized. Similarly, sperm structure did not support our molecular phylogeny placing Gasterosteus as the sister taxon of other gasterosteid genera.View full abstractDownload PDF (2099K) -
Keisuke Kimoto, Masaaki Kagehira, Kazuhisa Azechi, Yuichi Fukuda, Kazu ...2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 15-26
Published: April 25, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: May 05, 2015
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe longitudinal distribution of newly emerged fry and post-fry of amago salmon (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae) was investigated by snorkeling in 14 consecutive sections (totaling 16.4 km in length) of the Ogata River and its tributary, the Kohbaru Stream, Oita Prefecture, one of the waterways in northeastern Kyushu Island, southern Japan, in which are found the southernmost landlocked populations of amago salmon. In two surveys, conducted at intervals of 11–32 days from January to April 2005, the densities of newly emerged fry were greatest in the four most upstream sections but remained very low in the six most downstream sections, the skewed distribution being stable. The densities of post-fry individuals were also greatest in the four most upstream sections, showing significant seasonal correlations (October 2003, February and August 2004). Furthermore, the density of newly emerged fry from January to April 2005 was significantly correlated with that of post-fry individuals in August 2004. On the bases of this and earlier reports, it was concluded that amago salmon fry in mountain streams of Kyushu Island stay near the spawning redd, at least until they attain the parr stage.View full abstractDownload PDF (763K)
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Present status of the Japanese eight-barbel loach in the Naka-ikemi Wetland, Fukui Prefecture, JapanTetsuro Kitagawa, Shigeru Masuda, Takumi Morishita, Yuka Oda, Kazumi H ...2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 27-33
Published: April 25, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: May 05, 2015
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe status of the endangered Japanese eight-barbel loach Lefua echigonia in the Naka-ikemi Wetland, Fukui Prefecture, officially registered as a sanctuary at the Ramsar Convention 2012, was surveyed from October 2010 to August 2012. The loach population, comprising approximately 300 individuals, was restricted to a small spring covering an area of only 84 m2, a fraction of the total wetland area (250,000 m2). The size frequency distribution of the collected individuals showed bimodal peaks in May to August, and showed a unimodal peak in April, September and October. The loach population is considered highly vulnerable and in need of significant protective measures.View full abstractDownload PDF (1073K) -
Yusuke Hibino, Seishi Kimura, Kiyotaka Hatooka2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 35-41
Published: April 25, 2013
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSTwo specimens of the worm eel, Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897), collected from Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan represent the first record of the species from Japan and the northernmost record of the Pacific Ocean. Although S. laticaudata is similar to S. aoki in the location of the dorsal-fin origin and vertebral counts, the former is distinguishable from the latter by its rounded snout (vs. acute), large head (head length 9.9–12% of total length vs. 7.6–10%), robust body (body depth at gill opening 2.9–4.0% of total length vs. 1.7–2.6%), mouth rictus edge not behind the posterior margin of the eye (vs. well behind), two postorbital pores (vs. three) and biserial upper-jaw teeth, even in small specimens (vs. uniserial). Scolecenchelys laticaudata most closely resembles S. gymnota in the head, trunk, tail proportions, post orbital pore count and number of teeth rows, but differs in having a rounded snout and robust body (vs. 1.7–2.9%), as well as in the position of the mouth rictus edge and numerous vertebral and lateral-line pore counts (total 136–142 vs. 118–135; preanal 55–58 vs. 47–52; lateral-line pores before anus 54–59 vs. 49–53). The new Japanese standard name, “Futo-mimizu-anago”, is proposed for the species.View full abstractDownload PDF (1039K) -
Toshinori Funao, Hiroichi Sawada2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 43-48
Published: April 25, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: May 05, 2015
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSOwing to growing concern regarding the declining numbers of Far Eastern catfish, Silurus asotus, associated with and formerly abundant around paddy fields, a census of the species was conducted in the shallow lotic environment of a paddy field channel in 2008 and 2009. Although such a channel has been conventionally regarded as unsuitable as S. asotus habitat, a total of 707 adults were observed overall, eggs being collected during 30 of 58 egg census visits. A significant positive correlation existed between the number of S. asotus adults and eggs. Adult catfish were observed almost exclusively at night when the water was deep, suggesting that most entered the channel at night for spawning. Such paddy-associated channels appear to function at least partly as alternative spawning sites when paddy fields are not accessible.View full abstractDownload PDF (679K) -
Tsukasa Abe, Ichiro Kobayashi, Katsutoshi Watanabe2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 49-55
Published: April 25, 2013
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSMorphological and mitochondrial DNA characteristics were investigated for a captive population of the rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus, founded from a now extinct wild population in an irrigation pond in Seto, Okayama Prefecture, Sanyo Region, Japan. The data strongly suggested that the captive population represents a pure strain of the native Nipponbaratanago, Rhodeus ocellatuskurumeus. This is the sole confirmed recent record of this endangered subspecies in the Sanyo Region. The current critical status of the population necessitates immediate stock preservation, pending future reintroduction and/or conservation introduction to the wild.View full abstractDownload PDF (1348K)
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Yasuhiro Fujioka2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 57-63
Published: April 25, 2013
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Masayuki Kuwahara2013 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 63-67
Published: April 25, 2013
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