The taxonomic status of the subgenera of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet is confused. Currently ten subgenera are recognised but their separation, using the existing set of diagnostic characters, is not clear. Collections over the last forty years have shown that species of Setogaster Salmon, originally described as a genus (Trichogaster Handschin) and currently considered a subgenus of Lepidocyrtus, are ...

this study has been carried out to determine the accumulation of heavy metals (arsenic, copper, lead, tin and zinc) in fish samples collected from former tin mining catchment. total eight types of fish family having fifteen different species are identified. cyperinidae is the most abundant family with eight different species found in the catchment. fish samples were analysed by using inductive...

In a previous investigation, evidence was obtained indicating the presence of erythrocytes in the cytoplasm and germinal vesicle of a teleost fish, Trichogaster fasciatus. Histochemical tests for haemoglobin and related iron compounds have been applied to verify the histological and cytological findings. Haemoglobin (both intact in the erythrocytes and in the crystalline state) and pseudoperoxi...

22nd April.?A dog was bitten by a full-grown bungurus fasciatus at 1-13 in two places on the inner side of the left thigh.?1-16. No paralysis of leg such as is seen in cobra bite. Dog seems uneasy.?1-28. Dog seems unaffected.?1-36. Dog lying down; seems sluggish; nothing very striking in his appearance ; breathing perhaps rather hurried.?1-55. Sluggish; struggles and drags the leg a little.?1-5...

We review the systematics of the Hypsiboas calcaratus species complex, a group of widely distributed Amazonian hylid frogs. A comprehensive analysis of genetic, morphological, and bioacoustic datasets uncovered the existence of eleven candidate species, six of which are confirmed. Two of them correspond to Hypsiboas fasciatus and Hypsiboas calcaratus and the remaining four are new species that ...

The Pacific iguanas of the Fijian and Tongan archipelagos are a biogeographic enigma in that their closest relatives are found only in the New World. They currently comprise two genera and four species of extinct and extant taxa. The two extant species, Brachylophus fasciatus from Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu and Brachylophus vitiensis from western Fiji, are of considerable conservation concern wit...

This study examined the effects of the supplementation of China rose powder of Hibiscus rosasiensis towards blue gourami with different stocking densities.China rose (1.5%) was used on two different stocking densities (20 and 30 fishes per aquarium). The group that contain a total of 20 (individual/aquarium) and 30 (individual/aquarium) densities of fishes, are referred as CH1 and CH2 respectiv...