Zhukova et al: Gonadal maturation of Aptocyclus ventricosus 
159 
Literature cited 
Abe, T., and N. Sato. 
2009. Reproductive biology of the lumpsucker fish Letho- 
tremus awae in Shizugawa Bay, northern Honshu, Ja¬ 
pan. Jpn. J. Ichthyol. 56:159-163. [In Japanese with 
English abstract.] 
Anthony, R. G., J. A. Estes, M. A. Ricca, A. K. Miles, and E. 
D. Forsman. 
2008. Bald eagles and sea otters in the Aleutian archi¬ 
pelago: indirect effect of trophic cascades. Ecology 
89:2725-2735. 
Bahamonde, P. A., K. R. Munkittrick, and C. J. Martyniuk. 
2013. Intersex in teleost fish: are we distinguishing endo¬ 
crine disruption from natural phenomena? Gen. Comp. 
Endocrinol. 192:25-35. 
Barrett, T. J., and K. R. Munkittrick. 
2010. Seasonal reproductive patterns and recommended 
sampling times for sentinel fish species used in environ¬ 
mental effects monitoring programs in Canada. Envi¬ 
ron. Rev. 18:115-135. 
Brown-Peterson, N. J., D. M. Wyanski, F. Saborido-Rey, B. J. 
Macewicz, and S. K. Lowerre-Barbieri. 
2011. A standardized terminology for describing reproduc¬ 
tive development in fishes. Mar. Coast. Fish. 3:52-70. 
Chernova, N. V. 
2014. New species of the genus Careproctus (Liparidae) 
from the Kara Sea with notes on spongiophilia, repro¬ 
ductive commensalism between fishes and sponges (Ros- 
sellidae). J. Ichthyol. 54:501-512. 
Cox, R, and M. Anderson. 
1922. No. 1: a study of the lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus 
L.). Contrib. Can. Biol. Fish. 1:1-20. 
Devlin, R. H., and Y. Nagahama. 
2002. Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: 
an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental 
influences. Aquaculture 208:191-364. 
Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald, and H. Hammann. 
1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North Ameri¬ 
ca, 336 p. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, PA. 
Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (eds). 
2017. Catalog of fishes: genera, species, referenc¬ 
es. [Available at website, accessed 1 March 2017]. 
Fadeev, N. S. 
2005. Guide to biology and fisheries of fishes of the North 
Pacific Ocean, 366 p. TINRO-Center, Vladivostok. [In 
Russian.] 
Goulet, D., and J. M. Green. 
1988. Reproductive success of male lumpfish ( Cyclopterus 
lumpus L.) (Pisces: Cyclopteridae): evidence against fe¬ 
male mate choice. Can. J. Zool. 66:2513-2519. 
Goulet, D., J. M. Green, and T. H. Shears. 
1986. Courtship, spawning and parental care behav¬ 
ior of the lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus L., Newfound¬ 
land. Can. J. Zool. 64:1320-1325. 
Hart, J. L. 
1973. Pacific fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Can., 
Bull. 180, 740 p. 
Ilynsky, E. N., and V. I. Radchenko. 
1992. Distribution and migration of a pelagic smooth 
lumpsucker Aptocyclus ventricosus in the Bering 
Sea. Biol. Morya 3-4:19-25. [In Russian.] 
Ivankov, V. N., and V. P. Kurdyayeva. 
1973. Systematic differences and ecological importance of 
the membranes in fish eggs. J. Ichthyol. 13:864-873. 
Kasper, J. M., B. Bertelsen, H. G. Olafsson, J. C. Holst, J. 
Sturlaugsson, and S. P. Jonsson. 
2014. Observations of growth and postspawning survival 
of lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus from mark-recapture 
studies. J. Fish Biol. 84:1958-1963. 
Kato, H. 
1982. Food habits of largha seal pups in the pack ice 
area. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 34:123-136. 
Kennedy, J., S. P. Jonsson, J. M. Kasper, and H. G. Olafsson. 
2015. Movements of female lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lum¬ 
pus) around Iceland. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72:880-889. 
Kolpakov, N. V., and N. T. Dolganova. 
2006. On the biology of Blepsias cirrhosus (Hemitripteri- 
dae) from coastal waters of northern Primorye. J. Ich¬ 
thyol. 46:454-459. 
Kyushin, K. 
1975. The embryonic and larval development, growth, 
survival and changes in body form, and the effect of tem¬ 
perature on these characteristics of the smooth lump¬ 
sucker, Aptocyclus ventricosus (Pallas). Bull. Fac. Fish. 
Hokkaido Univ. 26:49-72. 
Markevich, A. I. 
2000. Spawning of the sea raven Hemitripterus villosus in 
Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Russ. J. Mar. Biol. 
26:283-285. 
McBride, R. S., S. Somarakis, G. R. Fitzhugh, A. Albert, N. 
A. Yaragina, M. J. Wuenschel, A. Alonso-Fernandez, and G. 
Basilone. 
2015. Energy acquisition and allocation to egg production 
in relation to fish reproductive strategies. Fish Fish. 
161:23-57. 
Mecklenburg, C. W., T. A. Mecklenburg, and L. K. Thorsteinson. 
2002. Fishes of Alaska, 1116 p. Am. Fish. Soc., Bethesda, 
MD. 
Munoz, M., M. Casadevall, and S. Bonet. 
2002. The ovarian morphology of Scorpaena notata shows 
a specialized mode of oviparity. J. Fish Biol. 61:877-887. 
Murua, H., and F. Saborido-Rey. 
2003. Female reproductive strategies of marine fish spe¬ 
cies of the North Atlantic. J. Northwest Atl. Fish. Sci. 
33:23-31. 
Murua, H., G. Kraus, F. Saborido-Rey, P. R. Witthames, A. 
Thorsen, and S. Junquera. 
2003. Procedures to estimate fecundity of marine fish spe¬ 
cies in relation to their reproductive strategy. J. North¬ 
west Atl. Fish. Sci. 33:33-54 
Nelson, J. S., T. C. Grande, and M. V. H. Wilson. 
2016. Fishes of the world, 5 th ed., 752 p. John Wiley & 
Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ. 
Orlov, A. M. 
1994. Some characteristics of distribution and biological 
status of Eumicrotremus soldatovi (Cyclopteridae) in 
the northeastern part of the Sea of Okhotsk during the 
spring. J. Ichthyol. 34:122-127. 
1997. The qualitative characteristic of feeding of the sa- 
blefish Anoploroma fimbria with notes on its occurrence 
in the Pacific waters of the northern Kuril Islands and 
southeastern Kamchatka. J. Ichthyol. 37:33-40. 
Orlov, A. M., and A. M. Tokranov. 
2008. Specific features of distribution, some features of bi¬ 
ology, and the dynamics of catches of smooth lumpsucker 
Aptocyclus ventricosus (Cyclopteridae) in waters of the 
Pacific Ocean off the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. J. 
Ichthyol. 48:81-95. 
Pavlov, D. A., and N. G. Emel’yanova. 
2016. Reproductive dynamics. In Fish reproductive biol- 
