Distribution of leptocephali of the freshwater eels, genus Anguilla, in the waters off west Sumatra in the Indian Ocean

Jun Aoyama; Sam Wouthuyzen; Michael J. Miller; Yuki Minegishi; Mari Kuroki; Sasanti R. Suharti; Tatsuya Kawakami; Krunaen O. Sumardiharga; Katsumi Tsukamoto

doi:10.1007/s10641-006-9143-z

Distribution of leptocephali of the freshwater eels, genus Anguilla, in the waters off west Sumatra in the Indian Ocean

Jun Aoyama, Sam Wouthuyzen, Michael J. Miller, Yuki Minegishi, Mari Kuroki, Sasanti R. Suharti, Tatsuya Kawakami, Krunaen O. Sumardiharga, Katsumi Tsukamoto

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A research cruise was conducted in the eastern Indian Ocean off west Sumatra, Indonesia, in June 2003 to learn about the spawning and larval ecology of the tropical freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla in the region. A total of 43 anguillid leptocephali were collected during the cruise and they were genetically identified as 41 Anguilla bicolor bicolor, 1 Anguilla marmorata, and 1 Anguilla interioris. A. bicolor bicolor leptocephali were 44.1-55.5 mm TL and most of them were at the fully grown stage. Reexamination of the historical data of Jespersen (1942) also suggested a relatively low abundance of small size leptocephali (<40 mm) of this species off west Sumatra. Although the study area has long been considered to be a spawning site of A. bicolor bicolor, the distributions of leptocephali from the two surveys and the patterns of ocean currents in the region suggest the possibility that the main spawning area of this species is located farther offshore.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	445-452
Number of pages	8
Journal	Environmental Biology of Fishes
Volume	80
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-006-9143-z
Publication status	Published - 2007 Dec

Keywords

Distribution
Freshwater eels
Indian Ocean
Larval migration
Spawning area

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science

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Distribution of leptocephali of the freshwater eels, genus Anguilla, in the waters off west Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. / Aoyama, Jun; Wouthuyzen, Sam; Miller, Michael J.; Minegishi, Yuki; Kuroki, Mari; Suharti, Sasanti R.; Kawakami, Tatsuya; Sumardiharga, Krunaen O.; Tsukamoto, Katsumi.

In: Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 80, No. 4, 12.2007, p. 445-452.

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Aoyama, Jun ; Wouthuyzen, Sam ; Miller, Michael J. ; Minegishi, Yuki ; Kuroki, Mari ; Suharti, Sasanti R. ; Kawakami, Tatsuya ; Sumardiharga, Krunaen O. ; Tsukamoto, Katsumi. / Distribution of leptocephali of the freshwater eels, genus Anguilla, in the waters off west Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. In: Environmental Biology of Fishes. 2007 ; Vol. 80, No. 4. pp. 445-452.

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