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Features of reproductive biology in females of bitterlings (Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) from the Amur River basin

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Data on morphological and functional characteristics of the ovipositor, conical organ, and ovaries in four species of bitterlings (Russian bitterling Acanthorodeus asmussii, Khanka spiny bitterling A. chankaensis, bitterling Rhodeus sericeus, and Amur bitterling R. amurensis) from the Amur River basin are obtained and reviewed for the first time. In all studied fish species, several generations of sex cells develop at the same time, which leads to releasing of oocytes in batches. The specificity of Amur bitterling, bitterling, and Russian bitterling to selection of mollusks for egg deposition is determined.

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    A. V. Khlopova, G. V. Novomodnyi & S. E. Kul’bachnyi

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Khlopova, G.V. Novomodnyi, S.E. Kul’bachnyi, 2011, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2011, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 367–378.

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Khlopova, A.V., Novomodnyi, G.V. & Kul’bachnyi, S.E. Features of reproductive biology in females of bitterlings (Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) from the Amur River basin. J. Ichthyol. 51, 331–342 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945211030039

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