Coad, B.W. (2005) Species Accounts - Cyprinidae - Rhodeus. , pp.
Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Anguilla anguilla | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 1.2 | 1.2 mm |
Anguilla anguilla | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Pelagic | Pelagic |
Anguilla anguilla | Female | Length at sexual maturity | Usually begin to mature at 54 cm to longer [38-130, silver age, female] | 84.0 cm |
Anguilla anguilla | Female | Relative fecundity | 3000 | 3000.0 thousand eggs/kg |
Anguilla anguilla | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 29-40 [Silver age] | 34.5 cm |
Anguilla anguilla | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Spawning phase to reach the Sargasso Sea 7000 km from Europe | 7000.0 km |
Anguilla anguilla | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Spawning takes place at the beginning of March | ['March'] |
Anguilla anguilla | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 17.0 | 17.0 °C |
Anguilla anguilla | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | Spawning grounds are about 400 meters | 400.0 m |
Anguilla anguilla | Spawning conditions | Mating system | Under articificial conditions, eels are promiscuous | Promiscuity |
Anguilla anguilla | Spawning conditions | Parity | Mirgating to sea to spawn and die | Semelparous |
Cobitis taenia | Spawning conditions | Parity | Lives up to 5 years and is mature in its second year of life | No category |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 2.16 [Not precised] | 2.16 mm |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Adhesive | Adhesive |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 1-2 [Sex not precised] | 1.5 year |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Female | Female sexual dimorphism | Snout longer | Absent |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Female | Absolute fecundity | 6.496 | 6.5 thousand eggs |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Male | Age at sexual maturity | 1-2 [Sex not precised] | 1.5 years |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Male | Male sexual dimorphism | Pelvic fin longer | Absent |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | April-June | ['April', 'June'] |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 15 weeks in laboratory conditions | 15.0 weeks |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 13-15.6 | 14.3 °C |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Fast-flowing water | Flowing or turbulent water |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Sand or gravel | Lithophils |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Multiple spawning over a period of 15 weeks | Multiple |
Alburnoides bipunctatus | Spawning conditions | Parity | In Azerbaijan, maturity is attained at 1-2 years and life span is 3 years | No category |
Alburnus alburnus | Spawning conditions | Parity | Maturity is attained at 3 years and life span is up to 9 years | No category |
Aspius aspius | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 1.7 | 1.7 mm |
Aspius aspius | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | 2.0-2.2 [Up to 2.4] | 2.1 mm |
Aspius aspius | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Adhering to stone | Adhesive |
Aspius aspius | Egg | Incubation time | 9-10 | 9.5 days |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Mid-February to late March | ['February', 'March'] |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 1-2 [10-15 days] | 1.5 weeks |
Aspius aspius | Spawning conditions | Parity | Life span in the Volga delta is 7-8 years with the bulk of the population mature at 6 years. In the waters of Dagestan life span is 8 years with maturity at 4 years | No category |
Leucaspius delineatus | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 0.5-1.5 | 1.0 mm |
Leucaspius delineatus | Female | Female sexual dimorphism | Females have a unique fold of skin in the shape of two, large rounded papilla around the genital opening | Present |
Leucaspius delineatus | Female | Absolute fecundity | 0.4-3.5 | 1.95 thousand eggs |
Leucaspius delineatus | Male | Male sexual dimorphism | Prominent nuptial tubercles on the dorsal head surface, snout, on the lower jaw in three pairs on the upper jaw in two pairs for a total of about 60 tubercules. The genital opening is depressed | Present |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | March to September | ['March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September'] |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | Few weeks | No data |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 18 is the miminum temperature required for reproduction | 18.0 °C |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Around plants or on any flat surface | Phytophils |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning site preparation | Females may also lay their eggs in a disc-shaped patch on any flat surface | Susbtrate chooser |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Several spawnings occur over a few weeks | Multiple |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Laid in strings. 50-350 eggs | No category |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Parity | Life span is about 4-6 years with growth fairly continuous over this period | No category |
Leucaspius delineatus | Spawning conditions | Parental care | Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male who covers them with a bacteriostatic thermal mucus | Biparental care |
Pseudorasbora parva | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | 2-2.5 [Not specified] | 2.25 mm |
Pseudorasbora parva | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Adhesive | Adhesive |
Pseudorasbora parva | Female | Female sexual dimorphism | Horny pads on the jaws | Absent |
Pseudorasbora parva | Male | Male sexual dimorphism | Male are darker than females and the flank has a metallic violet sheen, horny pad developps on the jaws, sharp tubercules | Present |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | April-August | ['April', 'August'] |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 8 | 8.0 weeks |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | 16-18 | 17.0 °C |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Warm, shallow and calm waters | No category |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | Shallow | No data |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Lower surfaces of stones, occassionnaly on mollusc shells | Lithophils |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Nycthemeral period of oviposition | Morning | Day |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Intermittent Spawning with up to 85 eggs per batch. up to 60 batches og eggs may be laid in a spawning season | Multiple |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Parity | Lifespan is about 5 years with maturity attained at 1-2 years, usually at 1 year in Europe | No category |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Parental care | Protected by the male using the head tubercules to drive away other fishes. Males clean the eggs and remove dead ones | No category |
Vimba vimba | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 1.3-1.4 | 1.35 mm |
Vimba vimba |