In Carangidae, Caranx is taxonomically controversial because of slight morphological differences among species, as well as because of its relationship with the genus Carangoides. Cytogenetic data has contributed to taxonomic and phylogenetic classification for some groups of fish. In this study, we examined the chromosomes of Caranx latus, Caranx lugubris, and Carangoides bartholomaei using cla...

The aim of this work was to present a preliminary knowledge of the parasitic copepods of marine fish of Turkey. In this study, four parasitic crustaceans were reported from five different fish species found in Turkish seas: Lepeophtheirus europaensis (Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut & Gabrion, 1988) was found on the gills of the European flounder, Platichtys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758 (Pleuronecti...

A systematic checklist of fish and shellfishes the Poonthura estuary, Kerala, India is provided including notes on their conservation status. This includes 66 finfish five shellfish, belonging to 17 orders, 35 families, 60 genera. Carangiformes richest order (11 species, eight genera, three families), representing 15.4% total diversity. Carangidae, most diverse family with nine representatives,...

This first checklist of coastal marine fish inhabiting the Department Atlántico (Colombian Caribbean) was compiled through an exhaustive review published information, databases, other unpublished sources, and primary data. We recorded 272 species, which twenty were reported for this region. Carangidae, Lutjanidae, Scombridae richest families, together represent 14 % total number species. Accord...