Utilizing stomach content and faecal DNA analysis techniques to assess the feeding behaviour of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.

abstract：:Migration behaviour and estuarine mortality of cultivated Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in a 16 km long estuary were studied using two methods: (1) acoustic telemetry and (2) group tagging in combination with trap nets. Progression rates of surviving individuals through the estuary were relatively slow using both...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Vollset KW,Mahlum S,Davidsen JG,Skoglund H,Barlaup BT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of non-reproductive Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus females in the Mediterranean Sea was investigated through histological analysis of the gonads. Three hundred and twenty-six ovary samples were collected from adults captured at different locations in the Mediterranean Sea during the reproductive se...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Zupa R,Corriero A,Deflorio M,Santamaria N,Spedicato D,Marano C,Losurdo M,Bridges CR,De Metrio G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assemblages of roving herbivores were consistently different between eastern, warmer, sheltered sites and western, colder, more wave-exposed sites. At eastern sites, detritivorous-herbivorous species dominated while omnivores had the highest biomass and were dominant at western sites. Macroalgivores did not show any t...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cordeiro CA,Mendes TC,Harborne AR,Ferreira CE

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoaling and sexual behaviour of wild-type male and female white cloud mountain minnow Tanichthys albonubes were measured in the presence of the red fluorescent transgenic conspecifics under laboratory conditions. Wild-type female test fish showed no significant preference, whereas wild-type male test fish preferred t...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Jiang P,Bai JJ,Ye X,Jian Q,Chen M,Chen XQ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of Astyanax from the Rio Paraguaçu basin, Bahia, Brazil, is described. This new species is distinguished from its congeners known to occur in Brazilian drainages by the presence of small bony hooks on all fins of mature males. Furthermore, the new species can be diagnosed by its colour pattern, which con...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Camelier P,Zanata AM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, life-history traits (maximum and average size, size at maturity and fecundity) of two congeneric smooth-hounds, Mustelus mustelus and Mustelus punctulatus, which share a geographical distribution and experience a similar fishing exploitation, were estimated and compared between species. The results indi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Riginella E,Correale V,Marino IAM,Rasotto MB,Vrbatovic A,Zane L,Mazzoldi C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female response to various aspects of male trait morphology and the effect of female feeding motivation were investigated in the swordtail characin Corynopoma riisei, a species where males are equipped with a flag-like food-mimicking ornament that grows from the operculum. Unfed females responded more strongly to the ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Amcoff M,Kolm N

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During low-water period, freshwater stingray Paratrygon aiereba collected in the whitewater (WW) of the River Amazon showed higher urea content, osmolality, Na(+) and Cl(-) concentrations in plasma and perivisceral fluid than those caught in blackwater (BW) of the River Negro. Gills and kidney Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Duncan WP,Costa OT,Araújo ML,Fernandes MN

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slender sole Lyopsetta exilis is an abundant groundfish on the continental shelf and inner waters of British Columbia, Canada, where it reaches a maximum standard length of 44 cm. Benthic image surveys coupled with oxygen measurements in Saanich Inlet document a dense population in bottom conditions near anoxia (0.03 ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Tunnicliffe V,Gasbarro R,Juanes F,Qualley J,Soderberg N,Chu JWF

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were (1) to determine whether the presence or absence of prairie fishes can be modelled using habitat and biotic characteristics measured at the reach and catchment scales and (2) to identify which scale (i.e. reach, catchment or a combination of variables measured at both scales) best exp...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wuellner MR,Bramblett RG,Guy CS,Zale AV,Roberts DR,Johnson J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy densities of 670 fishes belonging to nine species were measured to evaluate intraspecific variability. Functional groups based on energy density appeared to be sufficiently robust to individual variability to provide a classification of forage fish quality applicable in a variety of ecological fields including ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Spitz J,Jouma'a J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel Caribbean species Albula sp. cf. vulpes in the family Albulidae (bonefishes) was diagnosed through genetic and morphometric study. Phylogenies derived from 16S rRNA sequences revealed deeply separated lineages among Caribbean bonefishes. Mitochondrial DNA sequence divergences indicated a separation between 3.0...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wallace EM,Tringali MD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dominancy of semi-wild and hatchery-reared white-spotted charr Salvelinus leucomaenis juveniles was evaluated using pair-wise enclosure tests and field stocking tests. The semi-wild S. leucomaenis originated in a hatchery, being stocked into the test stream as eyed-eggs. In the pair-wise enclosure test, the semi-w...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Nakamura T,Doi T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flatfishes are a group of teleosts of high commercial and environmental interest, whose biology is still poorly understood. The recent rapid development of different 'omic' technologies is, however, enhancing the knowledge of the complex genetic control underlying different physiological processes of flatfishes. This ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cerdà J,Douglas S,Reith M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports a previously undocumented mass spawning aggregation and group spawning phenomena of c. 1200 individual bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum in Palau, Micronesia. Although B. muricatum are protected in Palau, it is further recommended that management strategies should consider establishm...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Roff G,Doropoulos C,Mereb G,Mumby PJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of disturbances from recreational activities on the swimming speed and habitat use of roach Rutilus rutilus, perch Perca fluviatilis and pike Esox lucius were explored. Disturbances were applied for 4 h as (1) boating in short intervals with a small outboard internal combustion engine or (2) boating in sho...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Jacobsen L,Baktoft H,Jepsen N,Aarestrup K,Berg S,Skov C

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:A new species of the catfish genus Centromochlus (Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) is described. The new species is diagnosed by having numerous dark rounded blotches over the body and fins, dorsal-fin spine with serrations anteriorly and smooth posteriorly, anal fin of mature males with three unbranched and seven br...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Birindelli JL,Sarmento-Soares LM,Lima FC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of fishes from the Brazilian continental slope between 11 degrees and 23 degrees S obtained through trawling revealed nine species of Ipnopidae. Bathypterois bigelowi and Bathytyphlops marionae represent first records from the south-western Atlantic Ocean and Bathypterois grallator is reported off Brazil ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Franco MA,Braga AC,Nunan GW,Costa PA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The damselfish Chromis chromis is typically the most abundant fish species in the rocky littoral environment of the Mediterranean Sea, where it feeds in huge shoals on incoming zooplankton and rests near the seabed each night. Research has shown that large populations of C. chromis play a fundamental role by transferr...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Pinnegar JK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the increasing use of fish as new animal models in scientific research and the growth of fish farming (mainly for human consumption) have highlighted the need for advanced technology to deepen our knowledge of fish biology. Hence, the present study was carried out to radiologically analyse the whole b...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Ceballos-Francisco D,Carrillo NG,Pardo-Fernández FJ,Cuesta A,Esteban MÁ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterized the gastrointestinal microbiome of nine juvenile farmed pikeperch Sander lucioperca using a metagenomics approach based on bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Potential changes in the gut microbiota during 2 months of S. lucioperca juvenile life were investigated. Results revealed that gut mic...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Dulski T,Zakęś Z,Ciesielski S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the growth rates of female masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou, who possessed a male-specific gene marker, the growth hormone pseudogene (GHp), and normal females, as estimated from their scale growth. There was a difference between the growth rates of GHp-positive females and those of normal females of...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Yamamoto T,Kitanishi S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecundity data for four species (American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides, yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea, witch flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus and Atlantic cod Gadus morhua) of north-west Atlantic demersal fishes, corresponding to nine populations, were examined in relation to fish size and condition...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Rideout RM,Morgan MJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of classification schemes has been developed to describe reproductive development and stages in teleosts. These have been rationalised for clarity in recent years by Brown-Peterson et al. (Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 2011, 3, 52-70) and the WKASMSF (ICES, Report of the workshop for advancing sexual matu...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Treasurer JW

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catch and effort data from 29 418 longline sets from Brazilian tuna longline vessels operating in the south-western and equatorial Atlantic Ocean between 2004 and 2011 were analysed to investigate the distribution, catch rate and size of three species of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna mokarran and Sphyrna ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Bezerra NP,Travassos P,Hazin FH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 40 years many new techniques have emerged that have been pivotal in furthering understanding of the physiology of fish behaviour. Behavioural studies have been enhanced by video recording systems and software for computerized event recording analysis, fine scale anatomical studies by fluorescence confo...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Huntingford FA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diets of the pipefish Stigmatopora nigra were analysed to determine if food availability was causing S. nigra to distribute according to habitat edge effects. Gut analysis found little difference in the diets of S. nigra at the edge and interior of seagrass patches, regardless of time of day or season. Fish diets did,...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Smith TM,Hindell JS,Jenkins GP,Connolly RM,Keough MJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of digestive enzymes activity at Salmo caspius fry showed that enzymes were available at the moment of mouth opening on the first day post hatching (dph) and the activity of enzymes showed no significant difference from the hatching day 28 dph. An increased activity was seen between 32 and 43 dph and this ac...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Zamani A,Hajimoradloo A,Madani R,Farhangi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduced Gambusia holbrooki in a natural lagoon of southern Spain consisted of two age groups: 1992 cohort, 7-11 months old and 1993 cohort, <4 months old. In the 1992 cohort, females grew even during the gestation period at about 0.30 mm day-1. In the 1993 cohort, females displayed a high growth rate (0.55 mm day-1...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Fernandez-Delgado C,Rossomanno S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00