this paper presents a total of 11 known crustacean parasite species from 51 host species belonging to 7 families, with 17 genera reported from cultured and wild fishes in three faunal regions of iran. among them, one belonging to branchiura order, namely argulus foliaceus, was found on capoeta capoeta in makoo reservoir as well as on cyprinus carpio, chalcalburnus sp., hypophthalmichthys molitr...

khorasan-e-razavi province in the northeast of iran possesses varied climatic and geographical conditions that lead to a rich biodiversity. an investigation on the status of the fish fauna was carried out from march to october 2013. a total of 401 specimens was collected and identified, from 30 localities among seven counties in this province. sampling was performed using hand net, cast net and...

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the concentration of copper (Cu) in liver and muscle of two fish species Squalius cephalus and Capoeta capoeta gracilis. The fish were caught in four sampling sites along Tajan River, Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. The concentration of Cu was determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. There were significant differences (P

Histopathological changes in gills of a native fish Capoeta aculeata, naturally-infected with parasites were studied. The specimens (15.5 to 22.8 cm) were collected from Choghakhor lagoon in West Iran. 35 (11%) of the total 318 studied fishes were infected with gill parasites. Overall, six protozoan and metazoan parasite species were collected from fishes including Ichthyophthirius multifiliis,...

Bu çalışmada Sarıöz Deresi’nden (Beyşehir) elektroşokerle avlanan (dört mevsim) 148 adet siraz balığı (Capoeta mauricii) helmint parazitler yönünden incelenmiştir. İnceleme sonucunda; 5 farklı gruba ait helminth parazite rastlanılmıştır (monogenea: Paradiplozoon sp. ve Dactylogyrus turcicus, digenea: Allocreadium isoporum, nematoda: Rhapdochona sp., acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchus spindletruncat...