Pretreatment Reproductive Stage and Oocyte Development Induced by Salmon Pituitary Homogenate in the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 531-537

  Ijiri, Shigeho ^a,c   Kayaba, Takaaki ^a   Takeda, Noriko ^a   Tachiki, Hiroyuki ^b   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Fish Farming Institute   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial maturation; Feminized eel; Gonadosomatic index; Japanese eel; Ovary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001026438     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.531     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. A. F. Bruun, A. M. Hemmingsen, and E. Møller-Christensen: Attempts to induce experimentally maturation of the gonads of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla L. Acta endocrinol., 2, 212-226 (1949).
2. K. Yamamoto and K. Yamauchi: Sexual maturation of Japanese eel and production of eel larvae in the aquarium. Nature, 251, 220-222 (1985).
3. K. Yamauchi, M. Nakamura, H. Takahashi, and K. Takano: Cultivation of larvae of Japanese eel. Nature, 263, 412 (1976).
4. S. Ijiri, Y. Kazeto, N. Takeda, H. Chiba, S. Adachi, and K. Yamauchi: Changes in serum steroid hormones and steroidogenic ability of ovarian follicles during artificial maturation of cultivated Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica. Aquaculture, 135, 3-16 (1995).
5. H. Tachiki and T. Nakagawa: Induction of spawning in female cultured eel Anguilla japonica. Bull. Aichi. Fish. Res. Int., 1, 79-80 (1993) (in Japanese).
6. H. Tachiki, T. Nakagawa, K. Tamura, and K. Hirose: Effects of oral administration of estradiol-17β to young on gonadal sex and growth of Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Suisanzousyoku, 45, 61-66 (1997) (in Japanese).
7. P. R. Todd: Morphometric changes, gonad histology, and fecundity estimated in migrating New Zealand freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.). NZ J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 15, 155-170 (1981).
8. K. Tsukamoto: Discovery of the spawning area for Japanese eel. Nature, 356, 789-791 (1992).
9. J. Schmidt: The breeding places of the eel. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London, B211, 179-208 (1922).
10. D. J. Jellyman: Review of the marine life history of Australasian temperate species of Anguilla. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 1, 276-285 (1987).
11. S. Dufour, N. Le Belle, and Y. A. Fontaine: Effects of steroid hormones on pituitary immunoreactive gonadotropin in European freshwater eel, Anguilla anguilla L. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 52, 190-197 (1983).
12. N. Sato, I. Kawazoe, Y. Suzuki, and K. Aida: Use of an emulsion prepared with lipophilized gelatin for the induction of ovarian maturation in the Japanese eel Auguillajaponica. Fisheries Sci., 62, 815-820 (1996).