Survey of Ovaprim use as a spawning aid in ornamental fishes in the United States as administered through the University of Florida tropical aquaculture laboratory

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-209

  Hill, Jeffrey E ^a   Kilgore, Kathy Heym ^a   Pouder, Deborah B ^a   Powell, James F F ^b,c   Watson, Craig A ^a   Yanong, Roy P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Syndel Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

^c Fidelis Aquaculture Management   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIDAE; OSTARIOPHYSAN; PISCES;

EID: 70249114927     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/A08-020.1     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Crim, L. W., and B. D. Glebe. 1990. Reproduction. Pages 529-553 in C. B. Schreck and P. B. Moyle, editors. Methods for fish biology. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
2. Froese, R., and D. Pauly, editors. 2008. FishBase. Available: www.fishbase.org. (July 2008).
3. Hill, J. E., J. D. Baldwin, J. S. Graves, R. Leonard, J. F. F. Powell, and C. A. Watson. 2005. Preliminary observations of topical gill application of reproductive hormones for induced spawning of a tropical ornamental fish. North American Journal of Aquaculture 67:7-9.
4. Ingram, B., S. Sungan, G. Gooley, S. Y. Sim, D. Tinggi, and S. S. De Silva. 2005. Induced spawning, larval development and rearing of two indigenous Malaysian mahseer, Tor tambroides and T. douronensis. Aquaculture Research 36:1001-1014.
5. Mohd-Zaini, S., K. Saadon, and A. B. dan Omar. 1994. Ovaprim: satu teknologi baru pembiakan ikan akuarium. [Ovaprim: a new technology for spawning aquarium fish.] Progressive Fisheries Research Conference, Department of Fisheries, Malaysia 4:257-260.
6. Nandeesha, M. C., S. K. Das, D. E. Nathaniel, and T. J. Varghese. 1990. Breeding of carps with Ovaprim in India. Asian Fisheries Society, Special Publication 4, Karnataka, India.
7. Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 6th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland.
8. Pinillos, M. L., A. I. Guijarro, M. J. Delgado, P. C. Hubbard, A. V. M. Canario, and A. P. Scott. 2002. Production, release and olfactory detection of sex steroids by the tench (Tinca tinca L.). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 26:197-210.
9. Rottmann, R. W., J. V. Shireman, and F. A. Chapman. 1991. Introduction to hormone-induced spawning of fish. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, Publication 421, Stoneville, Mississippi.
10. Sarkar, U. K., P. K. Deepak, R. S. Negi, S. Singh, and D. Kapoor. 2006. Captive breeding of endangered fish Chitala chitala (Hamilton-Buchanan) for species conservation and sustainable utilization. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:3579-3589.
11. Shireman, J. V., and J. A. Gildea. 1989. Induced spawning of rainbow sharks (Labeo erythrurus) and redtail black sharks (L. bicolor). Progressive Fish-Culturist 51:104-108.
12. USGS (U.S. Geological Survey). 2008. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Database. USGS. Available: http://nas.er.usgs.gov. (July 2008).
13. Van Eenennaam, J. P., M. A. H. Webb, X. Deng, S. I. Doroshov, R. B. Mayfield, J. J. Cech, Jr., D. C. Hillemeier, and T. E. Wilson. 2001. Artificial spawning and larval rearing of Klamath River green sturgeon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130:159-165.
14. Viveiros, A. T. M., Y. Fessehaye, M. ter Veld, R. W. Schultz, and J. Komen. 2002. Hand-stripping of semen and semen quality after maturational hormone treatments, in African catfish Clarias gariepinus. Aquaculture 213:373-386.
15. Yanong, R. P. E., E. W. Curtis, S. P. Terrell, and G. Case. 2003. Atypical presentation of mycobacteriosis in a collection of frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34:400-407.