The Oligocene (Rupelian) Byram Formation (Vicksburg Group) in Alabama, USA, is divided into three members, including (in ascending order) the Glendon Limestone, unnamed marl, and Bucatunna Clay. The marine units Alabama have been historically under-investigated, but bulk samples recently obtained from Limestone Member exposures at site AWa-9 Washington County yielded 20 unequivocal elasmobranch...

In 2021, three specimens of the Lessepsian yellowstripe barracuda Sphyraena chrysotaenia and eight Indo-Pacific needle-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum were recorded along coasts Zakynthos Island, some within Marine Protected Area.

This report describes a viral epidemiological study of wild fish around the Gulf of Cadiz (southwestern Iberian Peninsula) and is focused on infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), and viral nervous necrosis virus (VNNV). One fish species (Chelon labrosus) was sampled inside the gulf, at the mouth of the San Pedro River. Another 29 were sampled, i...

Impact of microplastic pollution on the marine environment and its biota is a major concern globally. Gulf Mannar (GoM) Palk Bay (PB) are two important biodiversity hotspots along south-east coast India. However, in recent years intense tourism fishery activities have made ecosystem these ecologically significant coastal zones vulnerable to contamination. Hence, comparative study seasonal distr...

Aim: The present study was conducted to investigate the fishery, diet composition and reproductive aspects of obtuse barracuda landed in Karnataka, south-west coast India. Methodology: Feeding traits 1229 samples (638 males 591 females) S. obtusata studied for a period five years. index relative importance (IRI) determined each component stomach. Reproductive such as maturity stages, gonadosoma...

(1) The characteristics of the lipids (acetone-soluble lipid, lecithin, cephalin and sphingolipid) obtained from barracuda, Sphyraena pinguis GUNTHER, were studied from the view point of fat metabolism of fish. (2) Forty-one fresh sample fish caught in the Komekami fishing ground near Odawara City (west part of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) on the 4th of October, 1959, were extracted with acetone...