Life history pattern of mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in the Tajan River (Southern Caspian Sea to Iran)

Rahman Patimar; Mohsen Ghorbani; Ali Gol-Mohammadi; Hoda Azimi-Glugahi

doi:10.1007/s00343-011-0110-y

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Life history pattern of mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in the Tajan River (Southern Caspian Sea to Iran)

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- Life history pattern of mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in the Tajan River (Southern Caspian Sea to Iran)
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 29, Issue 1, Pages: 167-173(2011)
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  Gonbad Institutes of Higher Education Gonbad
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-011-0110-y
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Patimar, R., Ghorbani, M., Gol-Mohammadi, A. et al. Life history pattern of mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in the Tajan River (Southern Caspian Sea to Iran)., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 167–173 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-0110-y
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Patimar, R., Ghorbani, M., Gol-Mohammadi, A. et al. Life history pattern of mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859) in the Tajan River (Southern Caspian Sea to Iran)., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 167–173 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-0110-y DOI：

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Investigation of the ecology of introduced species in new habitats can allow determinations of the degree

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and rate of evolutionary change. The introduction of Gambusia holbrooki in the southern Caspian Sea presents such a situation. We evaluated the life history traits of mosquitofish in the Tajan River basin. A total of 744 G. holbrooki specimens were collected between January and December 2008. The maximum observed ages are 0+ years for males and 1+ years for females. Both sexes grew allometrically (negative for males: b=2.442 and positive for females: b=3.232). The overall sex ratio is unbalanced and dominated by females. GSI values suggest that this population of G. holbrooki matures between February–July. The highest mean GSI value is 1.80 for males and 15.97 for females in May. Egg diameter ranges from 1.00 to 3.00 mm with a mean value of 2.098 mm. Absolute fecundity varied from 7 to 57 eggs. Both ova diameter and absolute fecundity were positively correlated to fish size (length and weight). Fecundity relative to total weight fluctuated from 34.44 to 582.64 eggs/g

and to total length from 2.33 to 12.95 eggs/cm. Both were negatively correlated with female size. The characteristics of this population are important with respect to life history of the species.

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