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Distribution, population structure, and some biological distinctions of pikeperch Sander lucioperca of the channel part of the Akhtuba River (Volga-Akhtuba water system)

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Biological traits (distribution, reproduction, age composition, body length and weight) of pikeperch Sander lucioperca from channel parts of the Akhtuba River, remote from the Volga Delta, are investigated. In the investigated stretch of the river, movements of most specimens of pikeperch are local and occur in the deep part (4−10 m) of the channel. Aggregations of fish are not confined to any definite points but move along the extensive stretch of broads. Pikeperch prefer near-bottom biotopes confined to the zone of stable hydrodynamic eddies in places of complicated bottom relief—transverse crests and longitudinal channel crests. For the first time, it is found that pikeperch in the under-ice period move to the shallow zone of submersed inshore shrubs. The age structure and body length and weight of pikeperch differ from those in the Volga Delta and correspond more to the populations from northern and northwestern parts of the species area. Pikeperch spawn only in temporary water bodies of the accessory system, within a short period at the temperature 11−17°С. The data on biology of pikeperch from the Akhtuba channel indicate the populational level of differences from the Volga Delta pikeperch.

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Original Russian Text © K.V. Kuzishchin, K.Yu. Samoilov, M.A. Gruzdeva, D.S. Pavlov, 2016, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 534–547.

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Kuzishchin, K.V., Samoilov, K.Y., Gruzdeva, M.A. et al. Distribution, population structure, and some biological distinctions of pikeperch Sander lucioperca of the channel part of the Akhtuba River (Volga-Akhtuba water system). J. Ichthyol. 56, 702–714 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945216050076

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