The Life History of the Protandrous Tropical Shad Tenualosa macrura (Alosinae: Clupeidae): Fishery Implications

Blaber, S. J. M.; Brewer, D.T.; Milton, David A.; Merta, G.S.; Efizon, Deni; Fry, Gary C.; Velde, Tonya van der

doi:10.1006/ecss.1999.0545

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“…Evolutionary transitions between marine and freshwater environments and between tropical and temperate environments are perceived as rare events on a macroevolutionary scale [55], [56].…”

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Mitogenomic Evidence for an Indo-West Pacific Origin of the Clupeoidei (Teleostei: Clupeiformes)

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The clupeoid fishes are distributed worldwide, with marine, freshwater and euryhaline species living in either tropical or temperate environments. Regional endemism is important at the species and genus levels, and the highest species diversity is found in the tropical marine Indo-West Pacific region. The clupeoid distribution follows two general pattern of species richness, the longitudinal and latitudinal gradients. To test historical hypotheses explaining the formation of these two gradients, we have examined the early biogeography of the Clupeoidei in reconstructing the evolution of their habitat preferences along with their ancestral range distributions on a time-calibrated mitogenomic phylogeny. The phylogenetic results support the distinction of nine main lineages within the Clupeoidei, five of them new. We infer several independent transitions from a marine to freshwater environment and from a tropical to temperate environment that occurred after the initial diversification period of the Clupeoidei. These results combined with our ancestral range reconstruction hypothesis suggest that the probable region of origin and diversification of the Clupeoidei during the Cretaceous period was the tropical marine precursor to the present Indo-West Pacific region. Thus, our study favors the hypotheses of “Region of origin” and “Tropical conservatism” to explain the origins of the longitudinal and latitudinal gradients of clupeoid species richness, respectively. Additional geological and paleontological evidence further define the tropical marine paleo-region of origin as the eastern Tethys Sea region. The Cretaceous fossil record of the Clupeoidei is partially incongruent with the results here as it contains taxa found outside this region. We discuss three possible causes of conflict between our biogeographical hypothesis and the distributions of the Cretaceous clupeoid fossils: regional extinction, incomplete taxonomic sampling and incorrect timescale estimation.

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“…Evolutionary transitions between marine and freshwater environments and between tropical and temperate environments are perceived as rare events on a macroevolutionary scale [55], [56].…”

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Mitogenomic Evidence for an Indo-West Pacific Origin of the Clupeoidei (Teleostei: Clupeiformes)

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“…Each histological section was scored by estimating the percentage that each of the gonad maturity stages occupied within the total area of the section. Female gonads were classified into maturity stages: I, oogonia; II, previtellogenic oocytes; III, yolk precursor; IV, nonstaining (primary) yolk; V, red-staining (secondary) yolk; VI, spent; and for males: stages I, stem spermatogonia (primary germ cells); II, spermatogonia; III, primary spermatocytes; VI, secondary spermatocytes; V, spermatids; VI, spermatozoa; VII, spent [15,16]. As no observable difference in scoring was detected between replicate blocks from the same fish, only one subsample was taken from the mid-position on a randomly selected gonad lobe for the remaining red snappers samples.…”

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Reproductive dynamics and nursery habitat preferences of two commercially important Indo-Pacific red snappers Lutjanus erythropterus and L. malabaricus

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“…Only females were examined since (1) ovary development is more indicative of spawning activity and (2) it is generally only the female reproductive parameters that are considered in stock assessment models, because female energy investment into reproduction is usually higher than for males [20,21]. Ovaries were staged according to the most advanced group of oocytes present using the methods of Cyrus and Blaber [22] and Blaber et al [23] as guidelines: unyolked (stage I), early yolked (stage II), advanced yolked (stage III), migratory nucleus (stage IV), fully mature/hydrated (stage V), and spent (stage VI). Mature fish are referred to as being stage IV to VI.…”

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Reproductive biology of the commercially and recreationally important cobia Rachycentron canadum in northeastern Australia

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The Life History of the Protandrous Tropical Shad Tenualosa macrura (Alosinae: Clupeidae): Fishery Implications

Cited by 39 publications

References 11 publications

Mitogenomic Evidence for an Indo-West Pacific Origin of the Clupeoidei (Teleostei: Clupeiformes)

Mitogenomic Evidence for an Indo-West Pacific Origin of the Clupeoidei (Teleostei: Clupeiformes)

Reproductive dynamics and nursery habitat preferences of two commercially important Indo-Pacific red snappers Lutjanus erythropterus and L. malabaricus

Reproductive biology of the commercially and recreationally important cobia Rachycentron canadum in northeastern Australia

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