Incubation of Garpike Eggs (Belone Belone Linne) under Controlled Temperature and Salinity Conditions

For a long time, eggs of the garpike Belone belone have been the subject of intensive and thorough studies on the early embryology of teleosts (Ryder, 1882; Sobotta, 1896; Ziegenhagen, 1896; Kopsch, 1901; Borcea, 1909). This can be attributed to the fact that the eggs of Belone are fairly large in size (3.0 to 3.5 mm diameter, Ehrenbaum, 1905), and easy to collect from submerged plants. Ryder (1882) already used artificially fertilized eggs of Belone for his study on the circulatory system of teleosts.