The present study was conducted on Shabbot Barbus grypus in Al-Hilla River/middle of Iraq. Monthly samples were collected from September 2009 to August 2010. Water temperature and transparency ranged between 12 37 Cº 39 – 110 cm respectively. 132 specimens collected. highest number individuals June (31) none January February. total length 95 -382 mm wet weight varied 7.7 416 gm. group 180 the m...

a survey on endo-parasitic infections on barboid fishes of south- west of iran (khouzestan province) was carried out from spring 2007 to atumn 2009. altogether 296 specimens from five different fish species were examined, they are barbus grypus heckel, 1843; barbus sharpeyi günther, 1874; barbus esocinus heckel, 1843; barbus barbulus heckel, 1849 and barbus pectoralis heckel 1843. the fishes we...

in this study the acute toxicity of organophosphorous pesticide in four native fishes of khouzestan province including: barbus sharpeyi, barbus grypus, barbus barbulus and barbus xanthopterus were investigated. the acute toxicity test was conducted following the organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd) under static-renewal test. each fish species exposed to serial dilution o...

The aim of this investigation was to study macroscopic and microscopic structures of ovaries in Barbus grypus of Karoon river and their changes during annual maturation cycle. For this purpose, 120 adult  B.grypus with a mean weight of 835.0 to 1012.0 g, were caught from Karoon river and transferred alive to the laboratory. After biometrical studies, the weights and morphological appearances of...