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Some notes on the biology of the snake blenny, Lumpenus lampretaeformis on the west coast of Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. D. M. Gordon  and
J. A. R. Duncan
J. D. M. Gordon
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
J. A. R. Duncan
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
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Large catches of the snake blenny, Lumpenus lampretaeformis, have been made in the inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland. Analysis of these catches confirm the view that this species shows marked seasonal variations in abundance. The species lives for up to 9 years and has a rapid growth rate in the first 2 years. It feeds mainly on meiobenthic organisms, of which polychaetes, harpacticoid copepods, ostracods and nematodes are the most important. The reason for the seasonal variation in catch rate is discussed and it is speculated that it may result from the fossorial habit of the adults and the parental care of the eggs.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 413 - 419
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1979

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