The subgenus Persexarthrus Voss, 1944 of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar, 1817 is revised. Anthonomus (Persexarthrus) behnei sp. n. is described. A neotype of Bradybatus ornatoides Reitter, 1898 and lectotypes for Anthonomus baudueri var. abeillei Desbrochers des Loges, 1892, A. cyprius Marshall, 1925 and Neobradybatus variabilis Hoffmann, 1963 are designated. The five species of the subgenu...

Five exotic carp species viz. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Cyprinus carpio var. specularis, Cyprinus idellus, Cyprinus carpio var. communis and Puntius gonionotus were examined for parasitic diseases out of which 793 fishes were infected by 3 protozoan (Trichodina sp., Ichthyophthirius sp. and Chilodonella sp.), 2 monogenean (Gyrodactylus sp., Dactylogyrus sp.), 2 trematoda (Gorgotrema sp., Met...

Calpastatin, an important protein used to regulate meat quality traits in animals, is encoded by the CAST gene. The aim of the present study was to clone the cDNA sequence of the CAST gene and detect the expression of CAST in the tissues of Cyprinus carpio. The cDNA of the C. carpio CAST gene, amplified using rapid amplification of cDNA ends PCR, is 2834 bp in length (accession No. JX275386), c...

Thelohanellus infection of the scales of the European wild carp Cyprinus carp10 carplo L 1s reported for the first time in Europe Comparative morphological and histological f i nd~ngs are descnbed Plasmodia and spores found In the fins of cultured common carp fingerlings and those detected in the scales of 2to >4-yr-old European wild carp belong to the same species The morphological chardcteris...

Juvenile common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected from 10 lakes with variable predator abundance over 4 months to evaluate if morphological defences increased with increasing predation risk. Cyprinus carpio dorsal and pectoral spines were longer and body depth was deeper when predators were more abundant, with differences becoming more pronounced from July to October. To determine if morpholo...

The nematode parasites of 16 large-scaled yellowfish, Barbus marequensis, six silverfish, Barbus mattozi, six small-scaled yellowfish, Barbus polylepis, 52 canary kurper, Chetia flaviventris, 11 carp, Cyprinus carpio, 45 Mozambique bream, Oreochromis mossambicus and a single-banded bream, Tilapia sparrmani, caught in the Hartbeespoort Dam, Transvaal, were collected, identified and counted. Cont...

The aim of this study was to observe the effects of Cyprinus carpio decoction on the expression of aquaporins in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy and to explore the therapeutic mechanism on nephrotic edema. Total of 50 Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal group, model group, fosinopril group, Cyprinus carpio decoction treated with high dose group and low dose group consisting o...

The study was designed to isolate and characterize the collagen from skin, scales and fins of Cyprinus carpio and Hypophthalmichthys molitrix. For this purpose nine fishes of each species of three weight groups were collected and categorized as W1 (250-500 g), W2 (501-750 g) and W3 (7511000 g). The maximum skin protein content was recorded as 28.13% and 29.13% in C. carpio and H. molitrix, resp...