Mosquitofish life history in a Mediterranean wetland

Little is known regarding the life history of Gambusia holbrooki in Europe, particularly in Italy, where it has been introduced in several wetlands since 1922. In order to increase the knowledge of its biology, we tried to clarify its life history in a Mediterranean wetland, comparing our results with those of other authors. The principal aim of this study was to describe the demographic potentialities of the studied population by modal progression analysis. Besides the curvature parameter (0.52 and 0.51 for females and males, respectively) and the asymptotic length values (39.01 and 30.45 for females and males, respectively), we observed a population divided into four age classes, for both sexes, and a longevity of 5 years, with only a limited number of mosquitofish reaching this age (due to a high mortality rate). In addition, reproduction observations were carried out for females. The most interesting aspect concerned the correlation between fecundity and body size, and the capacity of small females to absorb fertilized eggs.     

食蚊鱼卵子发生的组织学观察

食蚊鱼卵子发育过程分为6个时相。第1时相,卵原细胞细胞质较少,核质比较大。第2时相,卵母细胞体积增加迅速,核质比显著减小,细胞质强嗜碱性,滤泡细胞出现。到晚期,有卵黄核及类生长环的出现,这两种结构均和卵黄物质的形成有关。第3时相,卵母细胞嗜碱性减弱,卵黄泡从膜内缘开始出现,逐渐充满细胞质。颗粒层滤泡细胞互相堆积成舌状镶嵌入卵膜,并使放射带凹凸不平,称为镶嵌型滤泡。第4时相,卵母细胞体积增加较快,卵黄泡消失,卵黄物质逐渐充满细胞质,细胞核移至边缘。第5时相,滤泡细胞脱落,成为成熟卵,卵黄物质均匀散布,卵膜极薄。第6时相,未受精卵和滤泡细胞逐渐退化,被吸收。     

外来鱼类单殖吸虫研究Ⅰ. 百慕大伴盐虫Salsuginus bermudae首次在我国检出

摘要:记录采自广东广州食蚊鱼Gambusia affinis鳃上的1种单殖吸虫百慕大伴盐虫Salsuginus bermudae Rand Wiles, 1987.所获标本与Rand Wiles的原始描述基本一致,但在量度、边缘小钩数量、联结片的结构上略有差异.伴盐虫属及百慕大伴盐虫均为我国首次报道.