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The Habitat, Age and Spawning Characteristics of the Korean Eastern Spined Loach, Iksookimia yongdokensis (Pisces: Cobitidae) in the Chuksancheon (stream), Korea  

Ko, Myeong-Hun (Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University)
Jeon, Yeon Seon (Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University)
Won, Yong-Jin (Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.28, no.4, 2016 , pp. 239-248 More about this Journal
Abstract
The habitat, age and spawning characteristics of the Korean eastern spined loach, Iksookimia yongdokensis, were investigated to obtain baseline data for its ecological characteristics in the Chuksancheon (stream), Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. The difference between the habitats of juveniles (0+) and 1~4 year old loaches was that juveniles mainly inhabited sandy bottoms (substratum particle size $0.6{\pm}1.44\;cm$) with very slow velocities of water current ($2.4{\pm}2.09\;cm/sec$) and low depths ($29.2{\pm}7.57\;cm$), whereas 1~4 year old loaches inhabited pebble and cobble bottoms (substratum particle size 5.5~6.1 cm) with relatively fast velocities of water current (3.8~4.6 cm/sec) and deep depths (50~70 cm). The age groups for I. yongdokensis (female) estimated by the frequency distribution of total length in the spawning season (July) indicated that the 35~64 mm is 1-year old, the 65~94 mm group is 2-year old, the 95~119 mm is 3-year old, and the 120~145 mm is more than 4-year old. The sex ratio (♂/♀) was 0.69, and females were 10~30 mm larger than males. The lamina circularis at the base of the pectoral fins in males, a secondary sexual characteristic, formed at the 13th month after hatching. The spawning season according to the gonadosomatic index (GSI) was June to July with water temperatures of $20{\sim}25^{\circ}C$. The average number of eggs was $2,292{\pm}618$, with a diameter of $1.46{\pm}0.02\;mm$ for mature eggs.
Keywords
Spined loach; Iksookimia yondokensis; habitat; age groups; spawning characteristics;
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