Assessing the overlap between the diet of a coastal shark and the surrounding prey communities in a sub-tropical embayment.

abstract：:The present study tested the hypothesis of no delayed sublethal effects of mild angling and release on the feeding, growth, somatic condition and gonadal development of golden perch Macquaria ambigua during gametogenesis. Subsamples of adult M. ambigua (n = 17-21 of 207), originally captured from the wild and stocked ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Hall KC,Broadhurst MK,Butcher PA,Cameron L,Rowland SJ,Millar RB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroreception in marine fishes occurs across a variety of taxa and is best understood in the chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras). Here, we present an up-to-date review of what is known about the biology of passive electroreception and we consider how electroreceptive fishes might respond to electr...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Newton KC,Gill AB,Kajiura SM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characidium fishes with a sex chromosome system form a monophyletic group. This work presents data of Characidium lanei from the South Atlantic basin (Brazil), including an unknown type of ZW sex chromosome system for the groups including the presence of rDNA sites on sex chromosomes. ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Noleto RB,Amorim AP,Vicari MR,Artoni RF,Cestari MM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two separate field experiments were conducted in a series of small boreal lakes to test for the attraction of egg predators to lake trout Salvelinus namaycush spawning shoals and subsequently to determine whether chemosensory cues attract egg predators to these sites. In the first experiment, minnow traps set on spawn...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wasylenko BA,Callaghan DT,Blanchfield PJ,Pyle GG

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of piscivory in fish, resulting in a shift from zooplankton or invertebrate to fish prey, was studied on pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) larvae displaying and not displaying piscivorous behaviour at different ages (23, 30, 37, 44 and 52 days post-hatching) using behavioural (attack, capture and swimming activi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Colchen T,Dias A,Gisbert E,Teletchea F,Fontaine P,Pasquet A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Size and age estimates at sexual maturity were determined for 162 male and 273 female little skates Leucoraja erinacea collected from the western Gulf of Maine. Maturity ogives suggest that 50% maturity in females occurs at age 9.5 years and 480 mm total length (LT), whereas 50% maturity in males occurs at a slightly ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cicia AM,Driggers WB 3rd,Ingram GW Jr,Kneebone J,Tsang PC,Koester DM,Sulikowski JA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement of barbel Barbus barbus free embryos in the interstitial zone and the timing of larval emergence were studied for 12 days in an artificial stream. After egg fertilization (day 1), hatching occurred on day 6, downstream interstitial movements of free embryos on day 9 and emergence and downstream movement o...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Vilizzi L,Copp GH

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deania calcea (n = 420) were collected from the catch of deep-water trawlers in the southern and eastern scalefish and shark fishery in southern Australia during the years 2008-2011. The total length (LT ) range varied between sexes, females being larger (n = 264; 280-1530 mm) than males (n = 156; 310-921 mm). The rep...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Rochowski BE,Walker TI,Day RW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic rate is a critical factor in animal biology and ecology, providing an objective measure that can be used in attributing a cost to different activities and to assessing what animals do against some optimal behaviour. Ideally, metabolic rate would be estimated directly by measuring heat output but, until recen...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Metcalfe JD,Wright S,Tudorache C,Wilson RP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser photogrammetry was found to be a promising new cost-effective technique for measuring free-swimming whale sharks Rhincodon typus. Photogrammetric measurements were more precise than visual size estimates by experienced researchers, with results from the two methods differing by 9· 8 ± 1· 1% (mean ±s.e.). A new m...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Rohner CA,Richardson AJ,Marshall AD,Weeks SJ,Pierce SJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, pop-off data storage tags (pDST) without any transmitting capabilities were attached to 118 adult salmonids in a 19 000 km2 freshwater system (Lake Ontario). The 9·3 cm long cylindrical tags were externally attached to fishes using a backpack-style harness, set to record pressure (dBar ≈ depth in...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Raby GD,Johnson TB,Kessel ST,Stewart TJ,Fisk AT

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, radio-tracking observations were made over 24 h cycles during the growing season to quantify the habitat use and home range of Zingel asper, a critically endangered fish species, endemic to the Rhône River with a high risk of extinction (IUCN). New advances in radio telemetry with regard to the siz...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cavalli L,Knight CM,Durbec M,Chappaz R,Gozlan RE

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural abundance stable-isotope analysis (δ(13)C and δ(15)N) and C:N ratios were used to study the ammocoete phase of two common non-parasitic lamprey species (least brook lamprey Lampetra aepyptera and American brook lamprey Lethenteron appendix) in two tributaries of the Ohio River (U.S.A.). The C:N ratios suggest ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Evans TM,Bauer JE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the lunar cycle on prey availability, diet shifts and overlap between larval Anchovia clupeoides and Cetengraulis edentulus was evaluated in mangrove creeks of the Goiana Estuary. Copepod eggs were highly abundant in the first and last quarter, at the full moon and zoea of Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae)...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Lima AR,Barletta M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age, growth and maturity of bonnetheads Sphyrna tiburo inhabiting the estuarine and coastal waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean (WNA) from Onslow Bay, North Carolina, south to West Palm Beach, Florida, were examined. Vertebrae were collected and aged from 329 females and 217 males ranging in size from 262 t...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Frazier BS,Driggers WB 3rd,Adams DH,Jones CM,Loefer JK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides direct and indirect evidence of temporally and spatially consistent spawning aggregations for the grouper Mycteroperca olfax. Recently reported declines in population numbers, probably related to the direct targeting of aggregations by artisanal fishermen, highlight the urgent need for species-spec...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Salinas-de-León P,Rastoin E,Acuña-Marrero D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of UV radiation on habitat use of two species of intertidal fishes that inhabit the same pools but exhibit different activity levels and diets was measured: the highly active omnivorous Girella laevifrons and the cryptic carnivorous Graus nigra. Individuals of each species were acclimated to a tank divided ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Pulgar J,Lagos P,Maturana D,Valdés M,Aldana M,Pulgar VM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A re-evaluation of Dekeyseria brachyura and D. pulchra found them to be junior synonyms of D. picta, the oldest species among these congeners, based on continuous intraspecific variation in morphometrics and colour pattern. Examination of material deposited at Brazilian and Venezuelan collections, including the origin...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Silva RR,Rapp Py-Daniel LH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution limits in the Atlantic of Callorhinchus callorynchus (Callorhinchidae) and Odontesthes argentinensis (Atherinopsidae) are extended northwards to 22° 22' S and 22° 31' S, respectively, whereas that of Lile piquitinga (Clupeidae) is extended southwards to 22° 22' S. Their occurrence in the north of Rio ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Di Dario F,Petry AC,Mincarone MM,Pereira MM,dos Santos RM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fishes are used in a wide range of scientific studies, from conservation research with potential benefits to the species used to biomedical research with potential human benefits. Fish research can take place in both laboratories and field environments and methods used represent a continuum from non-invasive observati...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Sloman KA,Bouyoucos IA,Brooks EJ,Sneddon LU

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments done in aquaria under control and either turbid or densely vegetated conditions indicated that three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus sneaking behaviour is affected by decreased underwater visibility. Success of sneaking behaviour decreased significantly under increased turbidity but not increased...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Vlieger L,Candolin U

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight farmed Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus were tagged with temperature and depth transmitters inserted in chub mackerels Scomber colias to characterize their digestive activity, feeding physiology and behaviour in captivity. Results obtained in the experiment can be used to optimize daily T. thynnus feeding s...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Díez G,Moreno G,Galaz T,Dagorn L,Murua J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Egg cases of the narrowmouthed catshark Schroederichthys bivius were recorded entangled with sponges, corals and tubeworms at different sites in the south-west Atlantic Ocean. This work sheds light on the importance of benthic invertebrates in the life cycle of oviparous chondrichthyan species. ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Vazquez DM,Belleggia M,Schejter L,Mabragaña E

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of mitochondrial (mt) DNA and microsatellite variation were carried out to examine the relationships between 10 freshwater populations of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. Partial sequences of the mtDNA control region and cytochrome b gene, in additi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： DeFaveri J,Zanella LN,Zanella D,Mrakovčić M,Merilä J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian development was examined in relation to size and temperature in late pre-spawning Ammodytes marinus over 5 years. Oocyte diameter was positively related to length indicating that larger females spawned earlier. Age and temperature, whilst accounting for the effect of length, were not found to affect oocyte dev...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Boulcott P,Clarke J,Wright PJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two to 14 alleles were found to be segregating per locus (mean 5·2), with observed and expected heterozygosities ranging from 0·08 to 0·78 and 0·08 to 0·94, respectively. Cross-amplification of six of these microsatellite loci indicated that they are also polymorphic in three species of Carcharhiniformes and two speci...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Mendonça FF,Ussami LH,Hashimoto DT,Pereira LH,Porto-Foresti F,Oliveira C,Gadig OB,Foresti F

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-scale temporal patterning in grunt production and variation in grunt attributes in Atlantic cod Gadus morhua and pollack Pollachius pollachius was examined. Pollachius pollachius produced only a single sound type, the grunt, similar to that previously described for G. morhua. Sound production and egg production w...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wilson LJ,Burrows MT,Hastie GD,Wilson B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive cycles of three mullet species from the Eastern Adriatic coast were described using several biological parameters (gonado-somatic index, oocyte diameter and sex ratio) to improve knowledge about their reproduction. ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Bartulović V,Dulčić J,Matić-Skoko S,Glamuzina B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we investigate the period of successful spawning for black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri, an obligate estuarine species in southern Australia that typically spawn in spring and early summer. However, back-calculated spawning dates of juveniles sampled in Gippsland Lakes, Victoria from February to May 201...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Jenkins GP,Kent JA,Woodland RJ,Warry F,Swearer SE,Cook PLM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the complete foxl2 complementary (c)DNA sequence was isolated by simple modular-architecture research tool (SMART)er rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Two year-old female spotted scat, Scatophagus argus, were reared at different temperatures (23, 26 and 29° C) for 6 weeks, or fed with different c...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Li GL,Zhang MZ,Deng SP,Chen HP,Zhu CH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00