Abstract
MISS WINIFRED FROST has done good work on the biology and natural history of the minnow Phoxinus phoxinus (J. Animal Ecol., 12, No. 2; Nov. 1943). Taking Lake Windermere and one of its affluent streams, the River Brathay, as headquarters, the minnow has been studied in detail for two years. The investigation deals with its habits, growth, food and reproduction. Minnows are active and pelagic in both lake and stream from April until October, and migrate into deeper water where they are relatively passive and hidden under stones from November to March. They breed from May until July, sexual maturity in a few being reached at the end of the first year: the majority of those in their second year and all older fish are mature.
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Natural History of the Minnow. Nature 154, 61 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154061a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154061a0