Larval study revealed diversity and life‐history traits of crypto‐benthic eel gobies

• Published in: Journal of fish biology Vol. 101; no. 6; pp. 1411 - 1427
• Main Authors: Maeda, Ken, Hanahara, Nozomi, Uehara, Masato, Tachihara, Katsunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: adults; age; Animal Fins - anatomy & histology; Animal morphology; Animals; Benthos; Biodiversity; Body Size; Catadromous species; Ecosystem; eel; Eels; Estuaries; Fins; Fish; Gobioides; goby; Identification; Japan; Juveniles; larva; Larvae; Larval stage; Life history; Marine fishes; morphology; otoliths; pelagic larval duration; Perciformes - anatomy & histology; Perciformes - classification; Ryukyu Archipelago; Spawning; Spawning seasons; Species; Species Specificity; Substrates; Taenioides; Taenioides limicola; Taxonomy; Trypauchenopsis; Urolepis; Water temperature; Japan; morphology; pelagic larval duration; age; larva; goby

Because adult and juvenile eel gobies usually hide within the burrows of muddy substrates, their diversity and life history have not yet been fully elucidated. We investigated larval specimens of the eel gobies collected on Okinawa Island in southern Japan. The genus Trypauchenopsis was previously t...