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Life History of the Siberian Stone Loach Orthrias toni (Pisces: Balitoridae) in the Buk Stream, Goseong, Korea  

Ko, Myeong-Hun (Division of EcoScience, Ewha Womans University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.29, no.3, 2017 , pp. 197-204 More about this Journal
Abstract
Life history of the Siberian stone loach, Orthrias toni, were investigated using samples collected from Buk Stream, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea. Growth was rapid between April and October when water temperature exceeded $10^{\circ}C$, but growth almost stopped from November-March when water temperature was below $10^{\circ}C$. Age groups for O. toni estimated by frequency distribution of total length in spawning season (May) indicated the 60~81 mm is 1-year old, the 82~99 mm group is 2-years old, the 100~119 mm is 3-years old, and the 120~140 mm is more than 4-years old. Total length range by sex was similar, and sex ratio (♂/♀) was 0.73. Spawning season according to the gonadosomatic index (GSI) was May with water temperature $14{\sim}17^{\circ}C$, and almost all fish were mature after one year old. Fecundity increased rapidly with age with an average of $4,460{\pm}3,302$ ($mean{\pm}SD$). Size of mature eggs was $0.87{\pm}0.03mm$ in diameter irrespective of age.
Keywords
Stone loach; age composition; spawning period; fecundity; mature egg size;
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