Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel
In recent decades, the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) is one of the most impressive east-to-west invaders of European inland waters, but there are insufficient data on its biology in the countries it has entered. Specimens of two sets of samples from November 2015 (n=25) and October 2016 (n=39) we...
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| author | Nikolić Dušan Skorić Stefan Cvijanović Gorčin Jaćimović Milica Đikanović Vesna Mićković Branislav |
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| description | In recent decades, the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) is one of the most impressive east-to-west invaders of European inland waters, but there are insufficient data on its biology in the countries it has entered. Specimens of two sets of samples from November 2015 (n=25) and October 2016 (n=39) were caught in the Danube River channel near Veliko Gradište (Serbia) by electrofishing. Thirty morphometric and eight meristic characteristics of the collected fish were measured with the aim of describing the general body shape in more detail using the “point-to-point” method. This is the first attempt to obtain morphometric and meristic characteristics of Amur sleeper caught in Serbia. The results revealed a relatively low variability in the morphometric and meristic characters of the studied population. When compared to other studies, there was a great variability of the studied characteristics between geographically distant European populations that inhabit different water body types. Female fish had more robust bodies compared to males of the same length, while males had longer pectoral, anal and dorsal fins. Additionally, 2+ individuals had more robust heads and jaws, as well as longer anterior parts of the body compared to 1+ individuals of the same size |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a507c0c847274a49af9ed81fceb1eab92022-12-21T19:17:57ZengUniversity of Belgrade, University of Novi SadArchives of Biological Sciences0354-46641821-43392021-01-0173338138810.2298/ABS210413031N0354-46642100031NMorphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channelNikolić Dušan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2004-1662Skorić Stefan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-2735Cvijanović Gorčin2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-6145Jaćimović Milica3Đikanović Vesna4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3876-3420Mićković Branislav5University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of Biology and Inland Waters Protection, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of Biology and Inland Waters Protection, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of Biology and Inland Waters Protection, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of Biology and Inland Waters Protection, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"- National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Department of Hydroecology and Water Protection, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of Biology and Inland Waters Protection, Belgrade, SerbiaIn recent decades, the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) is one of the most impressive east-to-west invaders of European inland waters, but there are insufficient data on its biology in the countries it has entered. Specimens of two sets of samples from November 2015 (n=25) and October 2016 (n=39) were caught in the Danube River channel near Veliko Gradište (Serbia) by electrofishing. Thirty morphometric and eight meristic characteristics of the collected fish were measured with the aim of describing the general body shape in more detail using the “point-to-point” method. This is the first attempt to obtain morphometric and meristic characteristics of Amur sleeper caught in Serbia. The results revealed a relatively low variability in the morphometric and meristic characters of the studied population. When compared to other studies, there was a great variability of the studied characteristics between geographically distant European populations that inhabit different water body types. Female fish had more robust bodies compared to males of the same length, while males had longer pectoral, anal and dorsal fins. Additionally, 2+ individuals had more robust heads and jaws, as well as longer anterior parts of the body compared to 1+ individuals of the same sizehttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2021/0354-46642100031N.pdfinvasive fishrotanbody shapetraditional morphometrymeristics |
| spellingShingle | Nikolić Dušan Skorić Stefan Cvijanović Gorčin Jaćimović Milica Đikanović Vesna Mićković Branislav Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel Archives of Biological Sciences invasive fish rotan body shape traditional morphometry meristics |
| title | Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel |
| title_full | Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel |
| title_fullStr | Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel |
| title_short | Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel |
| title_sort | morphometric and meristic characteristics of the amur sleeper perccottus glenii from the danube river drainage channel |
| topic | invasive fish rotan body shape traditional morphometry meristics |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2021/0354-46642100031N.pdf |
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