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Reproduction and development of Pholis picta (Perciformes: Pholidae) and Opisthocentrus zonope (Stichaeidae)

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In the Peter the Great Bay (the Sea of Japan), reproduction and embryonic larval development of Pholis picta and Opisthocentrus zonope are investigated. Both species spawn in November–December at the water temperature decreasing from 7.0 to 0.2°C. Fecundity of Pholis picta is 494–1228 eggs, and of Opisthocentrus zonope—368–1360 eggs. Both species lay eggs in empty shells of Gray mussel. Parent fish permanently stay in the shell but do not actively care for the eggs. Morphological changes in the process of embryogenesis are compared between the related species. Prolarvae and larvae are described for identification, with special attention to pigmentation. The spawning behavior of adult fish and behavior of prolarvae are described.

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Gnyubkina, A.I. Markevich, 2008, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 528–536.

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Gnyubkina, V.P., Markevich, A.I. Reproduction and development of Pholis picta (Perciformes: Pholidae) and Opisthocentrus zonope (Stichaeidae). J. Ichthyol. 48, 525–532 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945208070060

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