| one publication added to basket [41340] | A new distribution record and the reproductive strategy of Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Mediterranean Sea
Bouchereau, J.-L.; Houder, V.; Marques, A.; Rebelo, J.E. (2003). A new distribution record and the reproductive strategy of Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(5): 1157-1161. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403008427h
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Nesting
New records
Properties > Biological properties > Fecundity
Spawning
Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]; Pisces [WoRMS]; Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus Miller, 1973 [WoRMS]
MED, France [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Bouchereau, J.-L.
- Houder, V.
- Marques, A.
- Rebelo, J.E.
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| Abstract |
Specimens and nests of Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus have been caught for the first time along the French Mediterranean shore (Gulf of Lions). Six types of nests are found on sandy-gravelly bottom at 10 m depth and 25·3 to 27·5 g l−1 salinity, using in 84·7% of cases, a valve of Cardium edule (3·3 < weight g < 40·6; 507 < surface mm2 < 2490). Nest size, egg patch, surface area and nesting fecundity are positively correlated. Nesting fecundity varies between 669 and 4690 eggs. For a similar egg diameter, the egg height is less than that of P. minutus which spawns on the same bottom and localities. Larval length at hatching varies from 1·70 to 2·67 mm. |
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