Boltachev, A.R. and Danilyuk, O.N. and Pakhorukov, N.P. and Bondarev, V.A. (2006) Distribution and certain features of the morphology and biology of the stone moroco Pseudorasbora parva (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) in the waters of Crimea. Journal of Ichthyology, pp. 58-63
Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
Pseudorasbora parva | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | The eggs are sticky | Adhesive |
Pseudorasbora parva | Female | Age at sexual maturity | In their second year of life (sex not specified) | 2.0 year |
Pseudorasbora parva | Female | Length at sexual maturity | When it reaches length of 30 mm (sex not specified) | 30.0 cm |
Pseudorasbora parva | Female | Absolute fecundity | It has a fecundity level high for its size, reaching 4400 eggs | 4400.0 thousand eggs |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Apparently, the mass spawning of stone mroco in Kuchki pond happened in the second half of May or in June. The stone moroco spawns from late May to July in Ukraine, and from the end of June to the beginning of August in the basin of the Amur | ['May', 'June', 'July', 'August'] |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Eggs are laid on stones, valves of mollusks, sunken trees, and other bottom susbrates as well as on underwater vegetation | Lithophils |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Spawning is intemittent | No category |
Pseudorasbora parva | Spawning conditions | Parental care | The male protects actively the egg clutch, thus increasing the survival rate of juveniles | Male parental care |