Journal of Ethology

, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp 203–211 | Cite as

Inconsistency between salinity preference and habitat salinity in euryhaline gobiid fishes in the Isazu River, northern Kyoto Prefecture

  • Yumeki Oto
  • Masahiro Nakamura
  • Hiroaki Murakami
  • Reiji Masuda
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Abstract

Adults of three amphidromous gobiid fishes, Tridentiger brevispinis, Rhinogobius similis, and Gymnogobius petschiliensis, are euryhaline and generally found in both freshwater (FW) and brackish water (BW) areas. The determining factors for their choice of habitat with different salinity have never been explored. In this study, a salinity-choice experiment was conducted using the above species captured in the FW region of the Isazu River, northern Kyoto Prefecture. For comparison, the fluvial goby Rhinogobius flumineus and BW-acclimated G. petschiliensis were also tested. We found that the three euryhaline species, including BW-acclimated G. petschiliensis, preferred BW to FW, whereas R. flumineus preferred FW. These results suggest that salinity preference did not determine habitat in these euryhaline gobiids, which were found in FW. Surveys were also conducted focusing on competitors and predators in their potential habitats. Thus, net sampling captured many other gobiid species, and an environmental DNA method detected Japanese temperate bass, a voracious predator, in the estuarine areas, suggesting that biotic factors are major determinants in the distribution of euryhaline species.

Keywords

Euryhaline goby Biotic environment Environmental DNA Osmoregulation 
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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to K. Sakemi for helping with fish sampling and A. Tanimoto for supporting the water collection. Y. Kumagai (Kyoto University) provided unpublished data of the fish visual survey on the Isazu River, and T. Fuji (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency) informed us about the ecology of Japanese sea bass. Comments from H. Nakagawa (Kyoto University) and two anonymous reviewers on the manuscript and advice from members of the laboratory during the research were also greatly appreciated. This study was supported by the CREST program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

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Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of AgricultureKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
  2. 2.Graduate School of Agriculture and Life SciencesUniversity of TokyoTokyoJapan
  3. 3.Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research CenterKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
  4. 4.Department of Zoology, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
  5. 5.National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland SeaFisheries Research AgencyImabariJapan

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