Diversion of Fishing Pressure on the Economically Important Species Barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758) to Protect the Community Interest Congeneric Barbus meridionalis Risso 1826, Based on a Decision-Support Management System

Phylogeography of the barbel (Barbus barbus, Linnaeus 1758) in the area of Lake Constance

Endohelminth fauna of barbel Barbus barbus (L. 1758) in the Serbian section of the Danube River, with dominance of acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laeavis

Infection of the barbel Barbus barbus (L. 1758) with endohelminths was observed in fish collected from eight localities in the Serbian part of the Danube River between September 2004 2009. Temporal variations in the number of parasites per fish sample were noted. A total of 194 fish specimens of different age, mostly males, were examined. The most prevalent parasitic species was the acanthoceph...

Biometry of the fishes Barbus plebejus and Barbus capito from Coruh Basin, Turkey.

Metric and meristic characters are important to identify fish species and their habitat peculiarities. There are many species that belong to the fish genus Barbus, which is found in tropical and extratropical regions, but there are few studies covering the Coruh basin. Two subspecies of Barbus were found in the Coruh River system of Eastern Anatolia, Turkey: Barbus plebejus escherichi and Barbu...

Heavy Metal Accumulation and the Genotoxicity in Barbel (Barbus barbus) as Indicators of the Danube River Pollution

The aim of this study was to analyze 16 trace elements (Al, As, B, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in different barbel (Barbus barbus) tissues and to detect the presence of genotoxic effects in erythrocytes with the alkaline comet assay. Barbel specimens were collected in the Danube river near Belgrade, Serbia, where the discharge of untreated communal and industrial was...

Histopathological Analysis of Liver in Fish (barbus Meridionalis Petenyi Heckel) in Reservoir Trebeni[ta

Velkova-Jordanoska, L. & Kostoski, G.: Histopathological analysis of liver in fish (Barbus meridionalis petenyi Heckel) in reservoir Trebeni{ta. Nat. Croat., Vol. 14, No. 2., 147–153, 2005, Zagreb. The Barbus meridionalis petenyi Heck. is a typical benthophagous fish, feeding on the zoobenthos and plant components and thanks to its sensitivity to the changes in surrounding medium is an ideal ob...