%0 Journal Article %J Rev Fish Biol Fisheries %D 2014 %T Tropical and temperate freshwater amphidromy: a comparison between life history characteristics of Sicydiinae, ayu, sculpins and galaxiids. %A Watanabe, S %A Iida, Midori %A Clara Lord %A Philippe Keith %A Tsukamoto, Katsumi %K Amphidromous species %K Fluvial form %K Landlocked form %K Oceanic dependency %K Sicydiine species %X

Amphidromy is a distinctive form of
diadromy, but differences in the life histories of
tropical and temperate amphidromous fishes suggest
that there are two types of freshwater amphidromy.
The life histories of Sicydiinae gobies, ayu (Plecoglossus
altivelis), Japanese sculpins (Cottus) and galaxiids
(Galaxiidae), suggest that the Sicydiinae are
representatives of tropical freshwater amphidromy,
whereas ayu, sculpins and galaxiids are representatives
of temperate freshwater amphidromy. The Sicydiine
larval stage may be required to occur in the
ocean for all species, but ayu, sculpins and galaxiids
have landlocked or fluvial forms with larvae that do
not need to enter the ocean for larval feeding and
growth. This suggests that Sicydiine larvae have a high
oceanic dependency whereas ayu, sculpins and galaxiid
larvae have a low oceanic dependency. Freshwater
amphidromous fish in tropical and temperate zones
appear to have developed two different strategies in
the evolution of their life histories. It is likely that the
evolutionary direction of the larval stage of tropical
amphidromy is to remain in the sea and that of
temperate amphidromy is towards having the ability to
remain in freshwater if needed. Tropical and temperate
amphidromy appear to be biologically informative
categories and evaluations of this hypothesis will
facilitate better understanding of the various forms of
amphidromy in the future.

%B Rev Fish Biol Fisheries %V 24 %P 1:14 %G eng %R DOI 10.1007/s11160-013-9316-8