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Table 3 Comparison of the developmental of the Eurasian perch with other percid fish

From: An alternative developmental table to describe non-model fish species embryogenesis: application to the description of the Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L. 1758) development

Scientific name

Common name

Adult size (cm)

Spawning substratum

Incubation temperature (°C)

Reproductive season

Egg size (mm)

Total embryonic duration

CC1 onset

CC2 onset

G1 onset

G2 onset

O1 onset

O2 onset

O3 onset

O4 onset

O5 onset

Size at hatching (mm)

Hatching duration

Larval size (first feeding) (mm)

References

Etheostoma

Etheostoma caeruleum

Rainbow darter

5.3

Burried in the substrat

20

Spring

1.9–2.2

243.9

1.4

nd

17.4

nd

25.1

43.4

85

120

180

8

20

9.6

[46]

Gymnocephalus

Gymnocephalus cernuus

Ruffe

12

Demersal

16–23

Early summer

1

154.1

3.4

nd

nd

nd

18.7

35.7

80.9

134.6

nd

3.5–3.8

42.7

4.4–4.9

[41, 47]

Perca

Perca fluviatilis

Eurasian perch

25

Fixed on plants or stones

13

Early spring

1.75

195

1.4

3.9

13

16.9

27.1

52

91

130

143

5

65

6

This work

Percina

Percina caprodes

Logperch

12.5

Burried in the substrat

20

Late spring

1.23

164.4

1.3

nd

nd

nd

19.9

41.5

51.5

156

nd

6.2

10.6

6.2

[39, 45]

Sander

Stizostedion vitreum

Walleye

54

Demersal

15

Early spring

1.85

236.3

1.6

nd

16.4

nd

28.9

52

nd

153.6

nd

6.8–7.3

67.5

9–9.7

[8, 47]

Zingel

Zingel streber

Danube streber

12

Burried in the substrat

12–17 

Early spring

1.94

360

2.2

nd

7.7

nd

22.5

82.5

128.5

210

240

6.4–7.6

75

9.2

[44]

  1. Each fish species represent each family of percid. They were chosen because the description of their development is currently the most accurate among their family. Intervals onsets or durations are given in degree days (number of days × temperature)