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During a parasitological investigation on the fresh water fishes of North West of Iran (West Azerbaijan Province), 266 specimens of 11 fishes were examined. Fishes were collected from seven stations from Aras, Zangbar and Sarysou Rivers between summer 2001 to summer 2002. Nine protozoan species were detected; eight Cilliophora and one Rhizopoda. Cilliophora are: Chilodonella sp < em>., Apiosoma...

Selenium, a trace mineral complement is used as cofactor of antioxidant enzymes that protects fishes against environmental stress agents and enhances performance in fishes. In this study the different levels of organic and inorganic source of  selenium were included in juvenile rainbow trout diet to evaluate feed conversion ratio (FCR), specific growth rate (SGR), weight gain percent (WG), cond...

the native fishes of springs, ghanats and caves of iran are uniquely significant, since they are rear and, because of pollution, dryness, . purposeful or accidental introduction of exotic species and over all, because of industrialization are in danger. the stock of valuable fishes of iran are declining while they have not been completely identified. the stock of these fishes, particularly thos...

ammonia is the chief excretory product in fishes. however, non-availability of enough of water in the habitat, may lead to the formation of urea, in fishes. in the present study, the possible role of urea formation to avoid the toxicity of ammonia under water-restricted condition was tested in channa gachua. circulatory urea and ammonia were estimated in the blood of the fishes and glutamate de...

landmark based geometric morphometrics and comparison of meristic characters was used to understand potential differences between populations of waspi in mashkil and mokran basins. 97 specimens of waspies were caught (64 from mashkil river and 33 from sarbaz river). 14 landmarks were digitized on pictures taken from left side of specimens and meristic characters were counted. data were analyzed...

background: iron, manganese, and aluminum are three abundant metals on earth and their concentrations have increased in aquatic environments as a result of natural and industrial activities. this study was undertaken to report the median acute toxicity (lc50) and accumulation of the sub-lethal concentration (10% 96-h lc50) of iron (fe), manganese (mn) and aluminum (al) in kutum (rutilus kutum) ...

Coral reefs resemble islands of productive habitats where fishes aggregate, forage, and spawn. Although it has been suggested that some reef fishes use biogenic chemicals as aggregation cues, specific chemicals have not been identified. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a secondary metabolite of many marine algal species, is released during foraging by higher-order consumers. DMSP has been stu...

Lactate (LDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) of white skeletal muscle of fishes acclimated to 20, 25 and 30 degrees C and thereafter submitted to hypoxia were studied in different substrate concentrations. Significant differences for LDH and MDH of white muscle enzyme activities are described here for the first time in Rhinelepis strigosa of fishes acclimated to 20 degrees C and submitted to hy...

Accurate checklists of species are essential for evaluating their conservation status and understanding more about distribution, biology ecology and, therefore, the first step in order to effectively protect them. According existing literature, Greek seas rich chondrichthyan biodiversity herein, we update most recent checklist country regarding that present waters, correct unvalidated miscellan...