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	Masayoshi Maehata

Degree
Ph.D (science)
Photograph Explanation
Measuring a specimen of a 'nigoro-buna' fish from a rice-field. In rice-fields this fish grows quickly. (Photograph taken in August 2006)

E-MAIL: maehata@lbm.go.jp

	Career

Graduated in pisciculture from the Agriculture Department of Kochi University. From 1974 worked for Shiga Prefecture Lake Biwa Cultural Center and from 1996 have been working for the Lake Biwa Museum. In 2002 acquired a degree from the Science Department of Kyoto University.

Specialty

1. The mating behaviour and reproduction of Japanese catfish.
2. Rice-field environments and fish that utilize them.
3. Reproduction of fish in the lake-shore environments.

Key Words of Research

Rice-fields, channels, catfish, lake-shore environments, reproduction, temporary water bodies.

Professional Society Membership

The Ichthyological Society of Japan (Nature Conservation Commission member), the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, Living Culture Magazine Society, Pisces Natural History Workshop

Readily Accessible Research Contributions

Maehata, M （2006）: Reproductive ecology of the Far Eastern Catfish, Silurus asotus (Siluridae), with a comparison to its two congners in Lake Biwa, Japan. Environmental Biology of Fishes.
Takai, N., T. Kitagawa, M. Kobayakawa, N. Mitsunaga, M. Maehata and W. Sakamoto (2003) Growth rate, relative growth and potential aging method using vertebral centra in Silurus biwaensis (Siluriformes: Siluridae). Otsuchi Marine Science 28: 45-51.
Maehata, Masayoshi (2002) Features of the reproductive behavior of the rock catfish, Silurus lithophilus. Ichthyological Research, The IchthylogicalSociety of Japan 49: pp. 109-113.
Maehata, Masayoshi (2002) Stereotyped sequence of mating behavior of the Far Eastern catfish, Silurus asotus, Ichthyological Research, The Ichthylogical Society of Japan 49: pp. 202-205.
Maehata, M. (2001) The physical factor inducing spawning of the Biwa catfish, Silurus biwaensis. Ichthyol. Res. 48: 137-141.
Maehata, M (2001) Mating behavior of the rock catfish, Silurus lithphilus. Ichthyol. Res. 48 (3): 283-287.