scholarly journals Hybridization behaviour between two common European cyprinid fish species – silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna and common bream, Abramis brama – in a controlled environment

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaël Ovidio ◽  
Jean-Claude Philippart ◽  
Billy Nzau Matondo ◽  
Pascal Poncin

AbstractThe egg release–mating comparison, heterospecific matings and mating success under two hybridization conditions – (i) mixing one sex per species and (ii) mixing both sexes from each species – were investigated to determine whether silver bream Blicca bjoerkna and common bream Abramis brama can hybridize in nature.The results revealed that non-matings in hybridization experiments of silver bream females × common bream males can be explained by territorial and aggressiveness activities observed in common bream. In common bream females × silver bream males, heterospecific matings were observed but their numbers were significantly lower than the spawning numbers, and in this experiment, a female mated with one to four heterospecific males. In mixing both sexes from both species, similar spawning – mating numbers were observed but heterospecific matings accounted for only 27% of the total matings, with 24% accounting for heterospecific matings between common bream females and silver bream males, directly or by opportunism. Mating success was characterized by the occurrence of fertilized eggs after matings.Natural hybridization occurred preferentially between common bream females and silver bream males.

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
P. Jurajda ◽  
K. Roche ◽  
K. Halačka ◽  
M. Mrkvová ◽  
J. Zukal

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Hoogenboezem ◽  
Eddy H. R. R. Lammens ◽  
Yvette van Vugt ◽  
Jan W. M. Osse

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