Most studies which aim at detecting effects of parasites on fish show that intermediate stages of parasites affect their host while adult parasites are usually less virulent in the final host. We studied the effect of the acanthocephalan Acanthocephaloides propinquus on one of its final hosts, the fish Gobius bucchichii. This study showed that the adult parasites affect host fitness. Moreover, ...

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus play a key role in regulating reproductive function. These neurons in turn are modulated by environmental influences, including the social environment. In both the Old World cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni and the New World cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciatus, the size of the soma of GnRH expressing neuron...

Background: Galanin is an orexigenic agent and has been demonstrated to be a putative regulator of gonadotropin secretion. It is well known that this orexigenic peptide probably plays a vital role in the regulation of reproduction; however, the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Objectives: The goal of this study was to determine the role of galanin in the regulation of gonad...

BACKGROUND Available evidence suggests that 50% of couples with infertility are male related. Over 40% of these males consume alcohol which has been reported to be a reproductive toxicant causing depletions in the epithelium of seminiferous tubules hence reducing sperm counts and sperm morphology. OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of aqueous leaf extract of Telfairia occidentalis on alcohol-...

Japanese Threadfin Bream is a demersal fish commonly found around artificial reefs. Food availability in the reef ecosystem essential for sustainability of this species. Hence, research aimed to determine several aspects bio-reproduction caught (bioreeftek). Samples were taken using handline fishing, twice month (April-July 2020) Pitu Sunggu Waters, Makassar Strait. The samples observed its rep...

The present study was carried out from December 2007, during which to November 2008 more than 210 fish (Barbus barbulus) were caught and measured, including, 57 males, 64 females 89 immature fishes. Maximum minimum total lengths 885 mm respectively. weight 8460 g 99 length-weight relationship Y=0.00002 L2.90 (n=57, R2=0.85) for Y=0.000002 L3.22 (n=64, R2=0.87) Y=0.00005 L2.96 (n=210, R2 =0.90) ...

Economic and social developments have taken place at the expense of the health of the environment, both locally and on a global scale. In an attempt to better understand the large-scale effects of pollution and other stressors like climate change on the health status of Mytilus edulis, mussels were collected during the first two weeks of June 2005 at three sites (one pristine and two affected b...

pattern of feeding and reproduction of amblypharyngodon mola (hamilton, 1822) was studied in two floodplain lakes of north 24 parganas districts of west bengal in india during 2011.  results indicated that the fish exhibited a predominantly herbivorous diet with algae as the main content of gut. a long, thin walled, coiled gut and closely packed filamentous gill racker suited this feeding habit...