Eggs and larvae of subtropical fishes in the southeastern part of the Tatar strait in 2025
https://doi.org/10.36038/2307-3497-2025-201-5-23
EDN: DXIHUI
Abstract
The aim: analysis of ichthyoplankton and characteristics of eggs and larvae of migrating subtropical species.
Methods: Ichthyoplankton samples, processed using generally accepted methods in the Russian Federation.
Innovations: data on chub mackerel spawning in the southeastern part of the of Tatar Strait has been obtained for the first time after more than 70 years absence. Pacific sardine spawning has been recorded in study area for the first time.
Results: from May to the first half of July, ichthyoplankton was composed by typical species for study area, mainly by Pleuronectidae. In the third decade of July, resident species were replaced by species of subtropical complex – chub mackerel and Pacific sardine. Their spawning became possible as a result of increase in population abundance and formation of optimal temperature conditions at the northern boundary of areal. Mackerel eggs and larvae were predominant. Based on catches by different nets, the average density of mackerel eggs was 16.9-20.6 ind./m2, density of mackerel larvae was 1.3-1.9 ind./m2. The sizes of mackerel eggs and larvae in 2025 were smaller than in the 1940s, which may be due to the maternal effect. The proportion of non-viable eggs was 27%. Sardine was presented only by eggs with average density of 2.5-3.1 ind./m2. The proportion of embryonic pathologies was 8%.
Practical significance: eggs and larvae of subtropical fishes are indicators of the Tatar Strait warming and current ecosystem changes in summer ichthyofauna of this area. Information about extension of reproductive area can be taken into account in forecast assessments, recommendations for fishery as well as in the planning of specialized scientific projects in early ontogeny of migrants.
About the Author
O. N. Mukhametova
Sakhalin branch of VNIRO («SakhNIRO»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
196, Komsomolskaya, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023
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Mukhametova O.N. Eggs and larvae of subtropical fishes in the southeastern part of the Tatar strait in 2025. Trudy VNIRO. 2025;201:5-23. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.36038/2307-3497-2025-201-5-23. EDN: DXIHUI
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