Reproductive characteristics of<italic style="font-style: italic">Psilorhynchus homaloptera</italic>Hora and Mukerji, 1935 (Cyprinidae: Psilorhynchidae) in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet

Pengcheng LIN; Huaming HU; Fei LIU; Mingzheng LI; Huanzhang LIU

doi:10.1007/s00343-020-0224-1

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Reproductive characteristics ofPsilorhynchus homalopteraHora and Mukerji, 1935 (Cyprinidae: Psilorhynchidae) in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet

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- Reproductive characteristics ofPsilorhynchus homalopteraHora and Mukerji, 1935 (Cyprinidae: Psilorhynchidae) in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages: 1513-1522(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
- Author bio：
  
  Huanzhang LIU, E-mail:hzliu@ihb.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-020-0224-1
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- Received：08 June 2020，
  
  Accepted：22 July 2020，
  
  Online First：05 October 2020，
  
  Published：2021-07
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Pengcheng LIN, Huaming HU, Fei LIU, et al. Reproductive characteristics ofPsilorhynchus homalopteraHora and Mukerji, 1935 (Cyprinidae: Psilorhynchidae) in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(4): 1513-1522.
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Pengcheng LIN, Huaming HU, Fei LIU, et al. Reproductive characteristics ofPsilorhynchus homalopteraHora and Mukerji, 1935 (Cyprinidae: Psilorhynchidae) in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(4): 1513-1522. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-020-0224-1.

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Abstract

Psilorhynchus homaloptera

mainly inhabits turbulent waters in the lower reach of the Yarlung Zangbo River

Tibet

China

and it is the only species of

Psilorhynchus

in China. However

many important aspects of its biology remain poorly documented

which hinders the conservation efforts. Therefore

we studied its reproduction using 801 specimens from the Motuo sector of the lower Yarlung Zangbo River from December 2015 to November 2016. The sex ratio was 0.68:1 (male: female) for the overall population. Females reached a larger total length and weight (134 mm and 18.6 g) than males did (113 mm and 12.2 g). Lengths at maturity were estimated 80.0 mm for males and 93.1 mm for females. Our analyses of gonad development and the size distribution of oocytes suggest that

P. homaloptera

is a single spawner with the peak spawning period between September and October. Furthermore

the estimated mean absolute fecundity was 557±204 eggs per fish

and mean relative fecundity was 50.9±10.9 eggs per g of female weight. The fecundity of

P. homaloptera

increased linearly with increasing total length

total weight

ovary weight

and age. This study on the reproductive biology of

P. homaloptera

demonstrates that the fish was in a vulnerable state due to the increasing anthropogenic activities in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River.

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Reproductive characteristics ofPsilorhynchus homalopteraHora and Mukerji, 1935 (Cyprinidae: Psilorhynchidae) in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet

DOI：10.1007/s00343-020-0224-1

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