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I examined the annual and seasonal growth of dark chub, Zacco temmincki, in a Japanese river. Investigation of opercular rings showed that the fish reached a maximum age of 8 years. There was no significant sexual size difference at younger ages (3–5 years), but males were larger than females at older ages (6–7 years). Annual increments of length and weight for males that were recaptured were also larger than those for females. The fish spawn from June to August. Females grew for a short period from April to May, but males on average grew for a longer period from April to August. There was no sexual difference in growth rate except during the spawning period. Annual growth rate was negatively correlated with fish length in each sex. The sexual size differences at older ages of the fish might be due to the polygynous mating system in which most mature males could not obtain females and invested for somatic growth in the spawning period, and a short growing season that was overlapped considerably with the spawning period.
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Katano, O. (1998). Growth of dark chub, Zacco temmincki (Cyprinidae), with a discussion of sexual size differences. In: Yuma, M., Nakamura, I., Fausch, K.D. (eds) Fish biology in Japan: an anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe. Developments in environmental biology of fishes, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9016-7_24
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