Early Development of the Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus

Yeager, Bruce L.; Semmens, Kenneth J.

doi:10.2307/1445766

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“…White sucker development Several studies have described the posthatching development of catostomids in general (Buynak & Mohr 1978a, Fuiman 1979, 1985, Yeager & Semmens 1987 and white suckers in particular (Stewart 1926, Buynak & Mohr 1978b, McElman & Balon 1980. At hatching white sucker embryos lack pigment, have a straight urostyle, an incomplete mouth, a fin fold that is continuous between dorsal, caudal, and ventral fins, and pectoral fin buds.…”

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Development of the olfactory system of the white sucker,Catostomus commersoni, in relation to imprinting and homing: a comparison to the salmonid model

Werner

Lannoo

1994

Environ Biol Fish

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SynopsisWhite suckers, Catostornus commersoni, use olfactory cues to return to the same spawning stream year after year. If we assume that they follow a model similar to the well-known salmon model, olfactory imprinting must occur very early in their development. We describe the time of migration from the nursery stream in relation to the development of the white sucker olfactory system to determine if the requisite anatomical structures are present which would permit imprinting. At hatching the olfactory placode is present and beginning to differentiate, the lumen of the olfactory capsule is starting to form, and the olfactory tract projects into the telencephalon. Larvae migrate approximately 2 weeks later or at a size of 14 mm TL. At this time olfactory cilia are present, the olfactory tract is robust and the telencephalon is beginning to differentiate. Therefore, it appears that the fundamental neural structures necessary for imprinting are present. A comparison with salmon, however, clearly demonstrates that the white sucker olfactory apparatus is not as well developed as that of salmon at time of migration. This raises the question of the ability of white suckers to imprint in the same manner as salmon and whether the salmonid model is applicable to white suckers. Alternative imprinting hypotheses are discussed.

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Development of the olfactory system of the white sucker,Catostomus commersoni, in relation to imprinting and homing: a comparison to the salmonid model

Werner

Lannoo

1994

Environ Biol Fish

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“…Samples were preserved in the field in a 10% formalin solution, sieved in the lab, rinsed and stored in distilled water for seven days, sieved and stored in a 30% ethanol from days 8–14, and transferred permanently to a 75% ethanol solution thereafter. Identification relied on myomere counts and morphological characteristics (Auer, ; Fuiman et al., ; Holland–Bartels, Littlejohn, & Huston, ; Margulies, ; McGuire, ; Snyder, Snyder, & Douglas, ; Yeager & Semmens, ). Catch per unit effort (CPUE) was reported as the number of larvae per 1000 m 3 of water sampled per net by developmental stage.…”

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Seasonality, floods and droughts structure larval fish assemblages in prairie rivers

Garcia

Schumann

Howell

et al. 2017

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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Prairie stream fish assemblages experience seasonal shifts in habitat conditions, often coupled with powerful disturbance regimes, where systems fluctuate widely between drought and deluge. These abiotic drivers, more often than biotic factors, structure fish assemblages. Scouring floods may reset stream communities to early successional seres, and droughts may progressively eliminate species from communities. Therefore, fish assemblage structure resilience depends on recolonisation and reproductive success following a disturbance. Many plains fishes have life history traits that facilitate the wide dispersal and immediate contribution of offspring following disturbance events. However, descriptions of temporal and spatial patterns in larval assemblage structure in prairie streams are scarce, and few studies evaluate the effect of disturbances on reproduction. The objectives of this research were to (i) study the timing and contribution of native prairie stream fishes to drifting larval fish assemblages in three eastern South Dakota basins (Vermillion, James and Big Sioux) and (ii) describe larval fish responses to floods in the James River. We sampled drifting larval fish diversity during the spawning season from 2010 to 2012 throughout each basin. We also examined the effect of flooding on larval fish assemblage structure using data collected near the confluence of the James and Missouri rivers during baseflow (2003, 2004 and 2012) and flood conditions (2010). Subtle variability in spawning traits of prairie fishes and an apparent seasonal progression of larval fish taxa that secondarily respond to disturbance regimes suggests reproductive efforts are adapted to maximise the potential for successful recruitment in these severe systems.

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“…Descriptions of development from egg through the juvenile stage have been completed (Hogue et al 1981;Semmens 1985;Yeager & Semmens 1987), but the blue sucker was omitted from a comprehensive larval fish guide for the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) due to lack of available information (Holland-Bartels et al 1990). Descriptions of development from egg through the juvenile stage have been completed (Hogue et al 1981;Semmens 1985;Yeager & Semmens 1987), but the blue sucker was omitted from a comprehensive larval fish guide for the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) due to lack of available information (Holland-Bartels et al 1990).…”

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“…Early life history of both blue sucker species is poorly known, as larvae have rarely been collected in large numbers in the wild. Descriptions of development from egg through the juvenile stage have been completed (Hogue et al 1981;Semmens 1985;Yeager & Semmens 1987), but the blue sucker was omitted from a comprehensive larval fish guide for the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) due to lack of available information (Holland-Bartels et al 1990 Burr et al (1996) and Burr & Mayden (1999) summarised additional vouchered museum specimens of larvae and juvenile blue suckers collected throughout their range. Previous collections provided valuable information on date of capture, size distribution, capture location and general habitat features, but quantitative analysis of temporal and spatial habitat use and diet of larval/early juvenile blue sucker is lacking.…”

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Ecology of larval blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) in the Mississippi River

Adams

Flinn²,

Burr³

et al. 2006

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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Ecology of larval blue sucker, Cycleptus elongatus, a North American catostomid that has declined throughout its range, is poorly known because larvae have rarely been sampled. A total of 316 young blue suckers (16.0-39.0 mm total length) was captured over 3 years at 14 offchannel sites in Pool 25, Mississippi River. Blue suckers demonstrated distinct temporal and spatial abundance patterns. Blue suckers were only captured in late May/early June, and were more abundant during a year of little flooding. Abundance was correlated with the distance a site was from the main channel, being highest in island borders and island sloughs in proximity to the channel. Fish guts contained a relatively high biomass of chironomids and zooplankton, suggesting islands were providing suitable feeding opportunities. Because of their proximity to flows, slack waters provided by islands were accessible to blue sucker larvae dispersing from channel spawning areas and facilitated their development into rheophilic juveniles.

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Early Development of the Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus

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References 7 publications

Development of the olfactory system of the white sucker,Catostomus commersoni, in relation to imprinting and homing: a comparison to the salmonid model

Development of the olfactory system of the white sucker,Catostomus commersoni, in relation to imprinting and homing: a comparison to the salmonid model

Seasonality, floods and droughts structure larval fish assemblages in prairie rivers

Ecology of larval blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) in the Mississippi River

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