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Reproduction of the endemic engraulid, Coilia nasus, in freshwaters inside a reclamation dike of Ariake Bay, western Japan

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To examine reproduction of Coilia nasus, an engraulid endemic fish to Ariake Bay, in the freshwaters upstream of the reclamation dike of Isahaya inlet, ichthyoplankton was collected at the surface with a larva net. Eggs and larvae of this species were captured in abundance, especially in the retention basin. All eggs had reached middle or late embryonic stages, and larvae from the preflexion with yolk to the juvenile stage (4.1–39.3 mm) were found. This suggests that the freshwaters of retention basin supply spawning and nursery grounds for C. nasus.

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Acknowledgments

We express our gratitude to J. M. Leis and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on our manuscript. We are thankful to Y. Kawamura and K. Takayanagi for their assistance in field sampling. We are obliged to the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia which encouraged senior author to undertake this study.

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  1. Usa Institute of Marine Biology, Kochi University, Usa, Tosa, Kochi, 781-1164, Japan

    Charles P. H. Simanjuntak & Izumi Kinoshita

  2. Nishinihon Institute of Technology, Wakamatsu, Kochi, 780-0812, Japan

    Shinji Fujita

  3. Wako, Minami-kubo, Kochi, 780-0087, Japan

    Keigo Takeuchi

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Simanjuntak, C.P.H., Kinoshita, I., Fujita, S. et al. Reproduction of the endemic engraulid, Coilia nasus, in freshwaters inside a reclamation dike of Ariake Bay, western Japan. Ichthyol Res 62, 374–378 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-014-0448-1

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