Abstract
Specimens of invasive topmouth gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva, from Šúr Pond (Bratislava, Slovakia) were examined to assess age and growth, and to determine whether this recently-established invasive population employs a less specialized ontogenetic trajectory than the specialized form typical of native and/or long-time established populations. Samples were collected in October 2004 (n=143). Standard length (SL) ranged from 18.16 mm to 67.57 mm (mean 32.56 mm), and eviscerated body weight ranged from 0.10 to 5.02 g (mean 0.63 g). Scale caudal diameter ranged from 0.52 to 2.42 mm (mean 1.08 mm). SL at which the scales started to form was estimated to be 1.58 mm. The population was represented with 5 age groups, from 0+ to 4+. Relative to other populations for which comparable data are available the recently-established population of topmouth gudgeon was found to mature at smaller size and at a younger age compared to native and/or long-time established populations (all specimens bigger than 25.0 mm SL, and 94% of specimens from the age group I were already mature).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Bănărescu P.M., Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel 1846), In: Bănărescu P.M., (Ed.), The Freshwater fishes of Europe, Vol 5/I Cyprinidae 2/I., AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, 1999
Copp G.H., Bianco P.G., Bogutskaya N., Erős T., Falka I., Ferreira M.T., et al., To be, or not to be, a non-native freshwater fish?, J. Appl. Ichtyol., 2005, 21, 242–262
Gaviloaie I.C., Falka I., Consideraçii asupra răspândiri actuale a murgoiului bălçat — Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pisces, Cyprinidae, Gobininae) — în Europa, Brukenthal Acta Musei, 2006, 1, 145–149, (in Romanian)
Rosecchi E., Thomas F., Crivelli A.J., Can life-history traits predict the fate of introduced species? A case study on two cyprinid fish in southern France, Freshw. Biol., 2001, 46, 845–853
Charlebois P.M., Marsden J.E., Goettel R.G., Wolfe R.K., Jude D.J., Rudnika S., The round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas), A review of European and North American Literature, Illinois-Indiana Sae Grant Program and Illinois Natural History Survey, INHS Special publications No. 20, 1997
Záhorská E., Kováč V., Falka I., Beyer K., Katina S., Copp G.H., et al., Morphological variability of the Asiatic cyprinid, topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva, in its introduced European range, J. Fish Biol., 2009, 74, 167–185
Britton J.R., Davies G.D., Brazier M., Contrasting life history traits of invasive topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) in adjacent ponds in England, J. Appl. Ichtyol., 2008, 24, 694–698
Záhorská E., Kováč V., Life history traits of invasive topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva from Slovakia, J. Appl. Ichthyol., 2009, 25, 466–469
Balon E.K., Alternative ontogenies and evolution: a farewell to gradualism, In: Hall B.K., Pearson R.D., Muller G.B., (Eds.), Environment, development and evolution, toward a synthesis, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2004
Kováč V., Copp, G.H., Sousa R.P., Life-history traits of invasive bighead goby Neogobius kessleri from the middle Danube with a reflection of who may win the goby competition, J. Appl. Ichthyol., 2009, 25, 33–37
Holčík J., Hensel K., Ichtyologická príručka, Obzor, Bratislava, 1972, (in Slovak)
Ricker W.E., Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations, Bulletin Fisheries Research Board Canada, 1975, 191, 1–382
Eilers H. C., Marx B., Flexible Smoothing with B-splines and Penalties, Statistical Science, 1996, 11, 89–121
Wood S.N., Generalized additive models: an introduction with R, Chapman and Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006
R Development Core Team, R: A language and environment for statistical computing, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Austria, 2008
DeMaster D.P., Calculation of the average age of sexual maturity in marine mammals. J. Fish. Res. Board Can., 1978, 35, 912–915
Fox M.G., Growth, density, and interspecific influences on pumpkinseed sunfish life histories, Ecology, 1994, 75, 1157–1171
Trippel E.A., Harvey H.H., Reproductive responses of five white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) populations in relation to lake acidity, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 1987, 44, 1018–1023
Nikolski G.V., Fishes of the Amur, Izd. Akad. Nauk., Moscow, 1956, (in Russian)
Copp G.H., Fox M.G., Growth and life history traits of introduced pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) in Europe, and the relevance to its potential invasiveness, In: Gherardi F., (Ed.), Freshwater bioinvaders: profiles, distribution, and threats, Springer Verlag, Dordrecht, 2007
Wootton R.J., Ecology of Teleost fishes, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1998
Baruš V., Kux Z., Libosvárský J., On Pseudorasbora parva (Pisces) in Czechoslovakia, Folia Zool., 1984, 33, 5–18
Beyer K., Ecological implications of introducing Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843) and Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842) into inland waters in England, PhD thesis, University of Hull, United Kingdom, 2008
Kozlov V.I., Amurskij čebačok — Pseudorasbora parva (Schlegel) — novyj vid ichtiofauny basejna Dnestra, Vest. Zool., 1974, 8, 77–78, (in Ukrainian)
Mukchatcheva V.A., On the biology of the Amur cyprinid Pseudorasbora parva Schlegel.), Tr. Amur. Ikhtiol. Eksped. 1945–1949, 1950, 1, 365–374, (in Russian)
Giurca R., Angelescu N., Consideraţii privind biologia şi aria de raspîndiregeografica a ciprinidului Pseudorasbora parva (Schlegel) in apele României [Consideration concerning the biology and distribution area of the cyprinid fish Pseudorasbora parva (Schlegel) in the Romanian waters, Bul. Cercetari Piscicole, 1971, 30, 99–109, (in Romanian)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
About this article
Cite this article
Záhorská, E., Kováč, V. & Katina, S. Age and growth in a newly-established invasive population of topmouth gudgeon. cent.eur.j.biol. 5, 256–261 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-010-0002-8
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-010-0002-8