Biodiversity loss and fishing-induced changes in the size distributions of fishes can impact ecosystem function on coral reefs. These changes have led to an urgent need for studies on the particular roles of species to underpin effective coral reef management. The present study focuses on the feeding ecology of 6 size classes (from 2.5 to 30 cm total length) of Scarus rivulatus (family Labridae...

allometric growth pattern and body shape changes of the green terror (andinoacara rivulatus)(cichlidae) were studied using landmark-based geometric morphometric (gm) and traditional methods, from hatching up to 1266 hours post hatching (hph) under culture conditions. the left side of specimens were photographed using digital camera and morphometric characters, including total length, head lengt...

In small samples of the siganid fishes Siganus rivulatus Forsskål et Niebuhr and S. luridus Rüppel (Teleostei) from off the Saudi coast of the Red Sea, some individuals of each fish were found infected with a new intestinal trematode. Those of S. rivulatus were infected with Hexangium saudii sp. n. (Trematoda: Microscaphidiidae), whereas those of S. luridus with Progyliauchen magnacetabulum sp....

Türkiye kıyılarından bildirilen yabancı balık türü sayısı 80'e ulaşırken, Ege Denizi 44'tür. Diğer taraftan, İzmir Körfezi'nden Lessepsiyen 15'tir. türleri sırasıyla Saurida lessepsianus, Lagocephalus sceleratus, Siganus rivulatus, S. luridus, Scomberomorus commerson, Bregmaceros nectabanus, Champsodon vorax, Etrumeus golanii, Stephanolepis diaspros, Nemipterus randalli, Upeneus moluccensis, He...

Despite the widely accepted importance of herbivory as a determinant of reef benthic community structure, few studies have examined the relative contributions of individual species to ecosystem processes at the whole reef scale. This study quantifies the grazing impact of individual species of roving herbivorous fishes across an inner shelf fringing reef at Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef, A...