Analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences from 198 species confirms the position of Barilius mesopotamicus as a species of the Asian genus Barilius within the subtribe Chedrina in the subfamily Danioninae. This relationship is supported by a parsimony analysis based on 43 morphological characters, and the morphological examination confirms that B. mesopotamicus possesses the synapomorphi...

study of fishes on aquatic ecosystems in many respects, including ecology, behavior, biology, conservation and management of water resources, exploitation of resources and training are important. so in the autumn 2011, the population structure of barilius mesopotamicus was studied. in this order, 69 samples of the mentioned fish from seimareh (34 samples), changoleh (20 samples) and siahgave (1...

This study evaluated the ectoparasite distribution on the gill archs of pond-reared pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg, 1887), hybrid patinga (P. mesopotamicus female x P. brachypomus (Cuvier, 1817) male), hybrid tambacu (Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816) female x P. mesopotamicus male) and hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum female x P. corruscans Spix & Agassiz, 1829 male). A t...

AIM This study was a part of an ongoing parasitological survey to investigate the health status of hill stream fish in river systems of Arunachal Pradesh - A global biodiversity hotspot. MATERIALS AND METHODS During the 2013/2015, 18 live specimens of Barilius barna (Cyprinidae) were captured from the local rivers of Arunachal Pradesh and examined for parasitic monogenoids. These fish, with t...

Variation among complete cytb sequences (1140 bp) of Aphanius mesopotamicus Coad, 2009 was compared with closely related species, to investigate the validity of this taxon as a newly-described tooth-carp based on morphological characteristics. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian likelihood trees supported the monophyly of A. mesopotamicus and its sister group relationship to A. sophiae. Some 10-16 ...