this study focused on hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic index and levels of plasma 17β-estradiol (e2), vitellogenin (vtg) and total protein and determined the localization of vtg in the liver during vitellogenesis in female chalcalburnus tarichi, an endemic cyprinid species living in the lake van, turkey. the levels of plasma e2, vtg and total protein in female fish increased during vitellogenesi...

Occurrence and distribution of larval and juvenile fish was investigated in nearshore waters of the southeastern Caspian Sea including the Gorgan Bay. Samples were collected during seven surveys using a fine mesh beach-seine in five sampling sites from July 2014 to June 2015. A total of 15500 individuals mostly juvenile were captured, representing 18 species from 8 families. Most juveniles belo...

abstract reproductive biology of female shemaya (alburnus chalcoides) studied with examination of histology, egg diameter and value of sex steroid hormones during spawning phase in the anzali wetland from march 2013 to jun 2014. finally 42 numbers of female fish were examined. the result of sex steroid hormones showed the rate of testosterone hormone in gravid fish was 7.93±1.18 ng/ml; but in r...

Geometric morphometric method was used to examine body shape variations among all the seven valid species of the genus Alburnus in Iran. In total 409 specimens of A. chalcoides, A. filippii, A. atropatenae, A. caeruleus, A. mossulensis, A. hohenackeri and A. zagrosensis were collected from Babolrud, Baleqlu-Chai, Miriseh, Sarabeleh, Gamasiyab, Mahabad-Chai Rivers and the Gandoman lagoon, respec...

Occurrence and distribution of larval and juvenile fish was investigated in nearshore waters of the southeastern Caspian Sea including the Gorgan Bay. Samples were collected during seven surveys using a fine mesh beach-seine in five sampling sites from July 2014 to June 2015. A total of 15500 individuals mostly juvenile were captured, representing 18 species from 8 families. Most juveniles belo...