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Reproductive cycle of the tetra Astyanax bimaculatus (Characiformes: Characidae) collected in Amazonian streams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2019

Jhennifer Gomes Cordeiro ,
Jeane Rodrigues ,
Maira da Silva Rodrigues ,
Rafaela Manchin Bertolini ,
Rafael Henrique Nóbrega ,
George Shigueki Yasui ,
Caio Maximino  and
Diógenes Henrique de Siqueira-Silva Open the ORCID record for Diógenes Henrique de Siqueira-Silva [Opens in a new window]
Jhennifer Gomes Cordeiro
Affiliation:
Research Group on the Reproduction of Amazon fish (GERPA/LANEC), Biology Faculty (FACBIO), University of South and Southern of Pará (Unifesspa), Marabá, Pará, Brazil
Jeane Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Research Group on the Reproduction of Amazon fish (GERPA/LANEC), Biology Faculty (FACBIO), University of South and Southern of Pará (Unifesspa), Marabá, Pará, Brazil
Maira da Silva Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Reproductive and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Morphology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
Rafaela Manchin Bertolini
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Fish Biotechnology, National Center for Research and Conservation of Continental Fish, Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
Rafael Henrique Nóbrega
Affiliation:
Reproductive and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Morphology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil
George Shigueki Yasui
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Fish Biotechnology, National Center for Research and Conservation of Continental Fish, Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil Department of Veterinary Medicine, FZEA, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
Caio Maximino
Affiliation:
Research Group on the Reproduction of Amazon fish (GERPA/LANEC), Biology Faculty (FACBIO), University of South and Southern of Pará (Unifesspa), Marabá, Pará, Brazil PPG in Biodiversity and Biotechnology (BIONORTE)
Diógenes Henrique de Siqueira-Silva*
Affiliation:
Research Group on the Reproduction of Amazon fish (GERPA/LANEC), Biology Faculty (FACBIO), University of South and Southern of Pará (Unifesspa), Marabá, Pará, Brazil PPG in Biodiversity and Biotechnology (BIONORTE)
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Author for correspondence: Diógenes Henrique de Siqueira-Silva. Research Group on the Reproduction of Amazon fish (GERPA/LANEC), Biology Faculty (FACBIO), University of South and Southern of Pará (Unifesspa), Marabá, Pará, Brazil. Tel: +55 94 981135614. Fax: +55 9421015810. E-mail: siqueira.diogenes@gmail.com
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Summary

A histological characterization of gonadal development in the tetra Astyanax bimaculatus was performed, aimed at determining its reproductive cycle in streams localized inside the Amazonian forest. Collections were carried out monthly from August 2017 to July 2018 at the Zoobotânica Foundation of Marabá, PA. Collected specimens were weighed and measured, and their gonads and liver were removed and weighed to calculate gonadosomatic and hepatosomatic indexes. Gonads were fixed and treated for routine histology for light microscopy. Materials were stained with toluidine blue and haematoxylin and eosin. The Amazonian A. bimaculatus species presented two reproductive periods in the year, one at the end of the winter season and another during the summer. Females showed an asynchronous development of their oocytes and only two reproductive phases of development were observed during the whole period ‘developing’ and ‘spawning capable’. Males presented cystic spermatogenesis, with an anastomosing tubular testis containing spermatogonia spread along the germinal epithelium (unrestricted spermatogonial). These morphological characteristics are considered phylogenetically more primitive. Male specimens were observed to have five different phases during the period: immature, initial maturation, mid maturation, final maturation and regression. The huge fluctuations in Amazonian streams was observed, in which water volumes varied considerably across seasons, culminating even in total drought. In spite of this, A. bimaculatus could be found during all seasons, showing its impressive reproductive adaptation to its conditions.

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FishMorphologyOogenesisReproductionSpermatogenesis

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Zygote , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 37 - 44
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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