While the collection of fish for the aquarium pet trade has been flagged as a major threat to wild populations, this link is tenuous for the unregulated wild collection of endemic species because of the lack of quantitative data. In this paper, we examine the extent and magnitude of collection and trade of endemic and threatened freshwater fishes from India for the pet markets, and discuss thei...

Reproductive biology of three important small indigenous fish species mola (Amblypharyngodon mola), punti (Puntius sophore) and chela (Chela cachius) was studied for 12 months from January to December, 1999 in the Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Gonadosomatic index (GSI) and ova diameter were analysed to determine their reproductive cycle. Thr...

In this study, the genetic diversity of Iranian populations of two widespread Stenus species representing two ecomorphological forms, the "open living species" Stenus erythrocnemus Eppelsheim, 1884 and the "stratobiont" Stenus callidus Baudi di Selve, 1848, is presented using data from a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene. We evaluate the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I haplotypes and th...

Plastic waste can be found everywhere, including in the Koto Panjang Dam. As plastic degraded, microplastic materials may distributed water and it accidentally swallowed by omnivorous fishes such as Puntius schawanafeldii. To understand presence of fish stomach, a research has been conducted December 2020 - February 2021. The number P. schawanafeldii captured was 30 using net 3-5 inch mesh size...

The present study describes the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Dactylogyroides longicirrus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gill filaments of fish Puntius sophore from the site Guwahati, Assam, India. The parasite Dactylogyroides longicirrus (Tripathi, 1959) Gusev, 1976 from Northeast Indian region is presented based on sequence data of a 738 base-pair fragment of ribosomal 18S sma...

Drying of fish is a traditional method for storing fishes long periods without any significant damages. Effects two smoking and microwave drying on moisture protein content (Puntius sophore) was studied to determine the benefits preserving retaining fish. Collected were dried in about 12 hours using at different power levels 140W, 280W 560W time period. The raw found be 70.78±2.2% 18.78±1.06 mg...