Background: There is much evidence indicating that natural substances from edible and medicinal plants possess powerful antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities. The objective of the present study was to investigate the potential hepatoprotective effect of silymarin in fish exposed to malathion. Methods: Zebra cichlid fish were allocated into five groups of which one group received norma...

background: there is much evidence indicating that natural substances from edible and medicinal plants possess powerful antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities. the objective of the present study was to investigate the potential hepatoprotective effect of silymarin in fish exposed to malathion. methods: zebra cichlid fish were allocated into five groups of which one group received normal fe...

Even though genetic aspects of some cichlids have been widely studied over the last decades, little is known about the genomic structure of Cichlidae when compared to the large number of species in the family. In this paper, the first chromosomal data for Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense Kullander, 1983 are presented and discussed based on cytotaxonomic and karyoevolutionary inferences on Cichlaso...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and seasonal distribution of the main parasite species in Amazonian ornamental cichlids that affect their trade. The study was conducted from August 2007 to September 2009. We sampled 3042 specimens from 9 different species, of which 9.47% had at least one type of external parasite. 81.25% of the cases occurred in the dry season. Crenicichla ...

*School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, U.S.A., ‡Department of Biological Sciences and Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, U.S.A., §Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas, Texas Natural History Collections, Austin, Texas, 78758, U.S.A., {University of ...

DOMITROVIC, H. A. 2000. Melanomacrophage centers in liver, spleen and kidney of Cichlasoma dimerus (Pisces, Cichlidae): histology and modifications in relation to sanitary and environmental conditions. Rev. Ictiol. 8(1/2):9–18. The histological characteristics of the melanomacrophage centers are described in liver, spleen and kidney of Cichlasoma dimerus, with a comparative analysis of the dens...