Hallo!
Na, wenn Das für eine Diplom- oder sonstige Arbeit sein sollte, könnte man auch eine etwas gründlichere Recherche erwarten
Nee, also offensichtlich wurde bisher wenig mit den Viechern gearbeitet und auch nicht allzuviel dazu publiziert.
Für alle, die das Interessiert, hier mal ein paar Veröffentlichungen (Citation & Abstract):
Autor: Nemtzov, SC
Titel: Social and reproductive behavior of garden eels (Pisces, Heterocongridae) at Elat, Red Sea
Quelle: Israel Journal of Zoology, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 106, 1994
Abstract: A one-year field study of three colonies of Red Sea garden eels, Gorgasia sillneri, in the northern Gulf of Elat showed how the behavior of these sessile fish varies between reproductive and non-reproductive seasons. These eels live on shallow (6 - 10-m-deep) nearshore sand flats in colonies of hundreds to thousands of individuals.
Autor: Fricke, HW.
Titel: Ecological and ecological field observations on colonies of the garden-eels Gorgasia sillneri and Taenioconger hassi (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae).
Quelle: Z. Tierpsychol. Vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1076-1099. 1970.
Abstract: (1) Ecological field data (habitat, distribution and dispersal of populations, maximal and average population density, size distribution, enemies and food) of colonies of G. sillneri and T. hassi are described and, when possible, compared. (2) The garden-eels are day-active current-plankton-feeders. Intensity and duration of feeding depends on the particular `current-climate` of the habitat. (3) The structure of the sand-tube in connection with morphological and behavioural specializations of the animals is described. (4) Ethological observations on fighting, reproductive and social behaviour are given. (5) The finding of juvenile animals and observations on the reproductive behaviour allow a new hypothesis on the development of the colonies to be made through passive transport of the fertilized eggs. (6) The 116 colonial semi-sessile settlement of garden-eels is a unique case amongst the chordates and is possible only through constant food supply present in the marine current. Parallels between this and marine benthonic invertebrate colonies can be drawn.
und schliesslich
Autor: Fricke, HW.
Titel: First record of young garden eels of Gorgasia sillneri (Klausewitz) and Taenioconger hassi (Klausewitz) and Eibesfeldt) (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae).
Quelle: Senckenb. Biol. Vol. 51, no. 5-6, pp. 307-310. 1970.
Abtract: Juvenile garden eels of G. sillneri; and T. hassi are recorded for the first time from the Red Sea and lndian Ocean respectively. Morphometrical data is presented. The young garden eels live irregularly distributed among the adults. There is no difference in behaviour between adults and juveniles. Some features of their colonial and semi-sessile life history are discussed.
Tip: IN jeder gut sortierten Uni-Bibliothek sollte man die vollständigen Papers kopieren (so vorhanden) oder bestellen können.
Scheint ja einiges über die Koloniebildung und Fortpflanzung drin zu stehen.
Ach ja, die meisten Fischarten haben eine äussere Befruchtung, dmemnach ist der "direkte" Kontakt bei der Begattung nicht unbedingt erforderlich...
Gruss und viel Erfolg noch