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First observations of fertilized eggs and preleptocephalus larvae of Rhinomuraena quaesita in the Vienna Zoo
Author(s) -
Preininger D.,
Halbauer R.,
Bartsch V.,
Weissenbacher A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/zoo.21184
Subject(s) - biology , captivity , sexual maturity , larva , animal husbandry , zoology , ecology , agriculture
For the first time worldwide, fertilized eggs of ribbon eels ( Rhinomuraena quaesita ) hatched into feeding preleptocephali and could be kept alive for a period of seven days in the Vienna Zoo. The study reports on husbandry, behavioral observations and dimensions of eggs and preleptocephalus larvae. Furthermore, body color variations of ribbon eels in captivity do not reflect its sex or sexual maturity. Zoo Biol. 34:85–88, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals Inc.