Keywords
reproductive data, fish studies
Abstract
Nothing has been published in the scientific literature concerning the reproductive biology of the Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus in Arkansas. We examined seven female C. elongatus collected in late February 2021 and 2022 and again in early March 2023 from the Black River, Lawrence County. Egg mass (g) averaged 15.8% of the total weight of these gravid females. It appears that this sucker can spawn as early as February in this population. This is the first time information on female reproduction in this species has been published from any population of C. elongatus in the state.
Recommended Citation
McAllister, C.T.; Cloutman, D.G.; Leis, E.M.; and Robison, H.W.
(2023)
"Novel Reproductive Data on Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae), from Northeastern Arkansas,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 77, Article 11.
https://doi.org/10.54119/jaas.2023.77110
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol77/iss1/11
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