Fish collected after a mass mortality at an artificial lake in south-east Queensland, Australia, were examined for the presence of nodularin as the lake had earlier been affected by a Nodularia bloom. Methanol extracts of muscle, liver, peritoneal and stomach contents were analysed by HPLC and tandem mass spectrometry; histological examination was conducted on livers from captured mullet. Liver...

Myxobolus gayerae sp. n. and M. leuciscini González-Lanza & Alvarez-Pellitero, 1985 (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) have been described and re-described from European chub Leuciscus cephalus L. from the Hungarian stretch of the river Danube. The ellipsoidal plasmodia of M. gayerae sp. n. were found in the mucosa of the intestinal wall, whereas the large, elongated plasmodia of M. leuciscini infected the...

This work provides information on Mugilidae fish reproduction in Grand-Lahou lagoon. From September 2009 to August 2011, for each specimen sampled, the total length cm, mass and eviscerated g, gonads cg, sex maturity stages were recorded. Parameters studied size at first sexual maturity, period ratio. The is reached between 16.1 cm 21.0 four of five species 41.6 Mugil cephalus females. Liza dum...

The aim of this study was to evaluate dietary dosages of Lyngbya majuscula on the immune response and disease resistance against infections due to the opportunistic pathogen Aeromonas hydrophilia, in fish fingerlings. Cyanobacteria, Lyngbya majuscula was incorporated into the diets of fish, Mugil cephalus (Mangrove snapper) fingerlings. Every 20 days, different biochemical, haematological and i...

Adult Lecithaster mugilis Yamaguti, 1970 were found in Moolgarda seheli, Valamugil engeli and Liza subviridis in the coastal waters of Cat Ba Island (Halong Bay, Vietnam). Specimens of Lecithaster sudzuhensis n. sp. were found in Mugil cephalus located in an estuary of the Kievka River in the Primorsky region of Russia. Studies have demonstrated that these species share significant morphometric...

This paper is a response to criticism by Winter (2010) of Sagart (2004). The author gives examples of compound numerals being affected by several apparently irregular changes outside of Austronesian; argues that the number of changes supposed in his Austronesian model is realistic; presents new evidence of Formosan numerals explainable only on the basis of the PAn forms he posited; explains the...

Predictions of species responses to climate change often focus on distribution shifts, although responses can also include shifts in body sizes and population demographics. Here, shifts in the distributional ranges ('climate space'), body sizes (as maximum theoretical body sizes, L∞) and growth rates (as rate at which L∞ is reached, K) were predicted for five fishes of the Cyprinidae family in ...

pomphorhynchus laevis is a common fish parasite in europe which   has been reported from acipenser stellatus, barbus capito, barbus lacerta, barbus mursa and onchorhynchus mykiss in iran. in a survey on the aquaculture potential of gamasiab river in hamedan province, endemic fish parasites were investigated in summer and autumn 2008. after recording biometric characteristics, common necropsy an...

The population genetic structure and historical demography of the flathead mullet Mugil cephalus were investigated using the mtDNA control region (CR) sequences (909-1015 bp) of 126 individuals collected from seven locations in the north-west Pacific between 2005 and 2007. Haplotype diversity (h = 0.9333-1.000) and nucleotide diversity (pi = 0.0046-0.1467) varied greatly among the sampling loca...