Growth model for the endangered cyprinid fish Tribolodon nakamurai based on otolith analyses

A growth model for the endangered cyprinid fish Tribolodon nakamurai was derived following otolith analyses of 16 wild and 53 reared specimens. The asteriscus was the most appropriate to measure size among three otolith elements, and its height OH  mm was used as size index of otolith. Standard length L  cm was best back-calculated using the Gompertz model, L  = 70.0·exp[–exp{−0.553 (OH   –  2.73)}]. Translucent zones on the lapilli, analyzed from 5-year-old-reared fish, were regarded as winter slow-growing zones. The ages of 10 wild specimens of 37.0–48.1 cm standard length were calculated as 7–10 years by counting the translucent zones on the lapilli. Age t was best back-calculated using the allometry model, t  = 1.33· OH ^1.37. The growth trajectory of T.   nakamurai followed a slender S curve, three typical growth models, von Bertalanffy, Logistic and Gompertz, and Richards' model, which is a general formula of the above three, being fitted using the maximum likelihood method. The Gompertz model, L_t  = 60.2·exp[–exp{−0.258( t  − 4.68)}], was found by Akaike's information criterion (AIC) to be the statistically most acceptable growth model.     

元江水系越鳠年龄鉴定材料的比较

分析比较了元江越鳠(Mystus pluriradiatus)不同年龄鉴定材料的鉴定结果。结果显示:微耳石磨片、星耳石和脊椎骨材料为鉴定元江越鳠年龄的可利用材料,矢耳石细小且脆不适合用于越鳠的年龄鉴定。微耳石磨片和星耳石的年龄判别能力最高,均达到96.0%,脊椎骨的年龄判别能力为93.3%;最大年龄读数出现在微耳石磨片和脊椎骨上,读数为5+龄;微耳石磨片的同一鉴定者两次独立年龄读数的吻合率最高为94.5%、脊椎骨次之为91.7%、星耳石最低为88.1%;两种年龄材料读数之间的吻合率比较中,微耳石磨片与星耳石的吻合率较高为90.9%,两者的年龄读数在低龄组时吻合较好,微耳石磨片与脊椎骨的吻合率为89.3%,3+龄以上时二者的年龄读数吻合率高。结果表明,鉴定低龄个体选择星耳石材料(n+龄≤3+龄),高龄个体用微耳石磨片进行辅助鉴定的年龄鉴定方法对元江越鳠进行年龄鉴定较为准确。     

鲫耳石年轮的观察及其确证

对耳石边缘年轮形成周期进行了分析。结果表明，鲫耳石上1a形成1个年轮，年轮形成时期洪湖种群主要在4－6月，洞庭湖种群主要在3－5月。星耳石和微耳石一样，可用于鲫年龄测定，而且不经磨片即可直接读取年轮，完整星耳石和微耳石与微耳石磨片上的年轮读数的吻合率均在80％以上，误差不超过1龄。但相对而言，微耳石上年轮更易观察。文中对耳石形态和年轮特征进行了描述。     

嘉陵江瓦氏黄颡鱼星耳石重量与年龄的关系

在重庆市北碚区嘉陵江白庙子江段采集瓦氏黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus vachelli(Richardson))标本586尾,对其星耳石重量与年龄之间的关系进行了研究。结果显示:瓦氏黄颡鱼星耳石重量在不同年龄组间的重叠相对较少,大小相近的个体,年龄大的(即生长慢的)星耳石重量比年龄小的(即生长快的)大,不同年龄组之间星耳石重量差异显著(P<0.05)。按年龄组以星耳石重量与相应的体长作图,可初步判断所观测年龄的可靠性。分析星耳石重量的频率分布,能分离出体长相近但年龄不同的个体,其结果与依据星耳石年轮观测的基本一致,星耳石重量与年龄呈显著线性相关(P<0.05);用该相关性估算年龄,与从星耳石上直接读取的年龄并无显著差异(P>0.05),它们之间的吻合度高达96.2%。因此,星耳石重量具有直接确定嘉陵江瓦氏黄颡鱼年龄的潜能或作为验证依据钙化组织判断年龄准确性的辅助手段。