Age and growth of migrating tropical eels, Anguilla celebesensis and Anguilla marmorata.
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY(2018)
Abstract
The age and growth of migrating tropical eels, Anguilla celebesensis and Anguilla marmorata from central Sulawesi, Indonesia, were examined. Migrating eels (63 A. celebesensis and 38 A. marmorata) were obtained from weirs near the Poso Lake outlet and non-migrating eels (35 A. celebesensis and 119 A. marmorata) were captured by baited hooks, eel pots, scoop net and electro-fishing in the Poso River system, Laa River system, Baluga River, Tongku River and Padapu River from February 2009 to October 2010. In both species, the proportion of eels with opaque otolith edges showed a single peak in July, suggesting that one annulus (a pair of translucent and opaque zones) was formed each year in their otoliths. Mean +/- s.d. and range of total length (L-T) and age was 785.2 +/- 114.9 (585-1083) mm and 7.5 +/- 1.6 (5-11) years in migrating female A. celebesensis and 11322 +/- 1737 (800-1630) mm and 11.6 +/- 3.3 (7-23) years in A. marmorata. The age of migrating female eels was negatively correlated with annual growth rate, 100.7 +/- 17.2 (68.1-145.0) mm year(-1) in A. celebesensis and 97.9 +/- 19.3 (66.6-131.6) mm year(-1) in A. marmorata, but there was no significant correlation between the L-T and annual growth rate in either species. The annual growth rates of these female tropical eels were typically higher than those of temperate anguillid species, suggesting a latitudinal cline in growth rate in the genus Anguilla reflecting the environmental conditions of their growth habitat. (c) 2018 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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Key words
age at migration,anguillid eels,annulus validation,downstream migration,growth rate,otolith
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