one grotesque catfish specimen was collected in zhangjiang river (upper reach of a secondary tributary of hongshuihe river) in libo county, guizhou province, china. this specimen bears surprising character of four dorsal fins, which have not appeared in any other silurid fishes. but other morphological characters, such as two pairs of barbels, lower jaw projecting beyond upper jaw, the first do...

Intensive multi-species fish stocking management is a popular yield enhancement tool that supposedly leads to elevated yields in recreational angling. This study aimed analyze the relationships between fisheries of an apex predator and its putative prey. The GAM (generalized additive model) was used intensities European catfish non-native species. were obtained from mandatory angling logbooks c...

Background: Hereditary renal hypouricemia (RHUC) is a genetically heterogenous disorder characterized by defective uric acid (UA) reabsorption resulting in hypouricemia and increased fractional excretion of UA; acute kidney injury (AKI) and nephrolithiasis are recognized complications. Type 1 (RHUC1) is caused by mutations in the SLC22A12 gene, whereas RHUC2 is caused by mutations in the SLC2A9...

Catfish of Anzali wetland has been focused economically and commercially. It also meets the religious Minorities needs to fish meat. So, investigation of its health in the wetland is important. This study aimed to investigate the concentration of heavy metals such as cadmium, Nickle, Zinc and lead in muscle tissues of Catfish in three stations (west, central and east) of Anzali wetland in 2012....

In this study, the long-term (i.e., over a 27-year period) dynamics of 137Cs content are presented for seven species fish in both cooling pond (CP) Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Kaniv Reservoir (KR). The decline specific activity exhibits various patterns. For certain years KR, belonging to different ecological groups experienced an increase rather than decrease levels 137Cs. From 2012 2014...

Bu çalışmada, Atatürk Baraj Gölü'nden toplanan (Mayıs-Mart ayları arasında) Silurus triostegus'un (Heckel, 1843) gonat dokusu yağ içeriği ve asidi (FA) kompozisyonunun belirlenmesi amaçlamıştır. Gonat toplam lipid miktarı, dişi erkek balıklarda sırasıyla Mayıs Eylül aylarında maksimuma ulaşmıştır. Tüm mevsimlerde en fazla bulunan asitleri; doymuş asitleri (SFA) içinde palmitik asit, tekli doyma...