Age and growth characteristics of Schizopygopsis younghusbandi Regan, 1905 in the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, China

作者：Duan, Y. -J.; Xie, C. -X.^*; Zhou, X. -J.; Ma, B. -S.; Huo, B.

来源：Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2014, 30(5): 948-954.

DOI：10.1111/jai.12439

• SCHIZOTHORAX-OCONNORI
• FISH
• VALIDATION
• INCREMENTS
• OTOLITHS
• BAY

To better understand the biology of Schizopygopsis younghusbandi Regan, 1905 and its relationship with management considerations, this study describes the relationships between otolith size and fish length and age, verifies annual periodicity of otolith annulus formation, and estimates the S. younghusbandi growth parameters. These age and growth characteristics were studied using 694 specimens collected from August 2008 to August 2009. Otoliths grew asymmetrically throughout the range of standard length (SL) studied, showing a clear pattern of alternating translucent and opaque bands. Marginal increment ration (MIR) analysis of specimens up to 6 years of age indicated that one opaque band and one translucent band were laid down each year. Maximum observed age was 17 years, corresponding to a female of 35.8 cm SL and 589.1 g body weight (BW). The SL-BW relationship was ;described as BW = 1.122 x 10(-5) SL3.030 for sexes combined. The von Bertalanffy growth function was used to model back-calculated lengths as L-t = 338.4 (1-e(-0.233) ((t + 0.403))) for males, and L-t = 433.9 (1-e(-0.194) ((t + 0.397))) for females. Growth performance of S. younghusbandi was relatively higher than those of other Schizothoracinaes inhabiting the same river.

• 出版日期2014-10
• 单位中国水产科学研究院; 中国水产科学研究院长江水产研究所; 华中农业大学