Epidermal, branchial and digestive mucous cells, and the gastric glands of larvae/postlarvae (from hatching until 45 days posthatching) of three fish species (two teleostean and a chondrostean) were investigated using conventional histochemical methods (periodic acid schiff -PAS-, diastase-PAS; alcian blue pH 0.5, 1 and 2.5) in order to distinguish neutral and acidic (carboxylated and sulphated...

A total of 34 fishes, belonging to the yellow-finned sea bream Acanthopagrus latus were collected, in April 2008 from Khor Abdullah northwest Arabian Gulf, by using trawler net. Fishes surveyed for parasites. The study revealed presence two species parasites first one is a monogenetic trematode, Polylabris mamaevi and second digenetic Paradiscogaster farooqii. detection P. farooqii present repr...

Two groups of young gilthead sea bream were fed two different diets: a control diet containing Zn at 120 mg/kg feed and a supplemented diet containing Zn at 240 mg/kg feed. White portions of lateral muscle were analyzed for Zn and Cu concentrations, myofibrillar composition and pyruvate kinase (PK) activity in order to determine the influence of Zn on these biochemical parameters during the gro...

As recreational fishers act relatively autonomously, management relies heavily on voluntary compliance. Therefore, understanding fishers’ views options can be beneficial. This study used a two-phase approach of face-to-face interviews and subsequent online questionnaires to evaluate salient issues affecting the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) Black Bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) fisheries ...

An attempt was made to substantiate a modori (thermal gel degradation) inducing effect of a latent serine proteinase. The proteinase was purified homogeneously from the sarcoplasmic fraction of threadfin bream muscle using a combination of DEAF-cellulose, Con A-Sepharose, ArgSepharose, Shim-pack HAC, and TSK-gel G3000SWXL column chromatographies. Its molecular weight was estimated as 77,000 by ...

The population dynamics of pseudomonads in gilt-head sea bream Mediterranean fish (Sparus aurata) stored under different conditions were studied. Phenotypic analysis and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins were performed to identify a total of 106 Pseudomonas strains isolated from S. aurata stored under different temperatures (at 0, 10, and 20 degree...

The in vitro metabolism of fenthion and its sulfoxide (fenthion sulfoxide) in sea bream (Pagrus major) and goldfish (Carassius auratus) was investigated and compared with that in rats. Fenthion was oxidized to fenthion sulfoxide and the oxon derivative, but not to its sulfone, in the presence of NADPH by liver microsomes of sea bream, goldfish, and rats. These liver microsomal activities of the...

During the years 2004-2006 the parasitological autopsies of three species of fish: roach Rutilus rutilus (L.), bream Abramis brama (L.) and perch Perca fluviatilis L. from three lakes situated in warmińsko-mazurskie voivodeship were done. The aim of this study was comparable analysis of Metazoan parasite communities which occur in roach, bream and perch in three lakes of river Łyna watershed. T...