Occurrence and habitat use of the critically endangered smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata in the Bahamas.

abstract：:A combined study of Alborán Sea Sardina pilchardus larval daily growth and isotopic signature was carried out to elucidate the cause of morphometric differences observed in a single larval school whereby the standard length (L(S)) v. dry mass (M(D)) relationship differentiated a heavier-by-size larval group from a lig...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Laiz-Carrión R,Quintanilla JM,Mercado JM,García A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The numbers of different types of ovarian follicles (developing, degenerating and postovulatory follicles) were estimated in bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus using two stereological procedures: the model-based method of Weibel & Gomez, which has become a tool of broad application in the quantification of oocytes in fishes...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Aragón L,Aranda G,Santos A,Medina A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of archival depth telemetry as a means of remotely assessing the reproductive rates of free-ranging fishes is explored. This is achieved by electronically tracking the vertical movements of individual female small spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula in the natural environment, whilst simultaneously evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wearmouth VJ,Southall EJ,Morritt D,Sims DW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using tagged and recaptured Atlantic salmon Salmo salar (n = 106) the present analysis shows that the most commonly applied linear back-calculation method for estimating past length, the Dahl-Lea method, resulted in overestimation of the length of large smolts and underestimation of small smolts. A correction equation...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Hanson NN,Smith GW,Middlemas SJ,Todd CD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fishes, sex is determined by genetics, the environment or an interaction of both. Temperature is among the most important environmental factors that can affect sex determination. As a consequence, changes in temperature at critical developmental stages can induce biases in primary sex ratios in some species. Howeve...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Geffroy B,Wedekind C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable isotope (δ(13)C and δ(15)N) and gut content analyses were used to investigate size-related feeding habits of four reef fishes (the beaugregory Stegastes leucostictus, the french grunt Haemulon flavolineatum, the schoolmaster snapper Lutjanus apodus and the yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus) inhabiting an off...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Vaslet A,Phillips DL,France CA,Feller IC,Baldwin CC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish that inhabit shallow water are exposed to periodic changes in tidal cues, including hydrostatic pressure (HP). The present study aimed at verifying differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the brain of the threespot wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus (tropical species) and the honbera wrasse Halichoeres tenuispinis ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Udagawa S,Hur SP,Byun JH,Takekata H,Takeuchi Y,Takemura A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen individuals of ide Leuciscus idus were radio-tracked weekly from September 2003 to September 2004 in the River Elbe, Czech Republic, to examine migration patterns and the influence of environmental factors on their diurnal behaviour. Of the 10 environmental factors measured, L. idus were significantly influe...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Kulísková P,Horký P,Slavík O,Jones JI

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested whether differences in sensitivity between the upper and lower olfactory epithelia of Solea senegalensis are associated with different odorant receptors and transduction pathways, using the electro-olfactogram. Receptor mechanisms were assessed by cross-adaptation with amino acids (L-cysteine, L-phen...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Velez Z,Hubbard PC,Barata EN,Canário AV

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the basis of pair formation in the abundant herbivorous rabbitfish Siganus doliatus on Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef. Pair formation was the most common social system in S. doliatus, with 67.4% of all individuals occurring in pairs. Pairs were stable (i.e. individuals remained with the sam...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Brandl SJ,Bellwood DR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of four types of antinutritional factor (phytic acid, stachyose, soy saponins and soy isoflavones) on lipoprotein levels in plasma of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. A basal diet was prepared with fish meal as primary protein source, the other diets were supplemented with 0·2,...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Deng JM,Mai KS,Ai QH,Zhang WB,Wang XJ,Xu W,Liufu ZG,Cai YH,Chen W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mekong Delta is host to a large number of freshwater species, including a unique group of facultative air-breathing Anabantiforms. Of these, the striped snakehead (Channa striata), the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), the giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy) and the snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) ar...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Goodrich HR,Bayley M,Birgersson L,Davison WG,Johannsson OE,Kim AB,Le My P,Tinh TH,Thanh PN,Thanh HDT,Wood CM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diel vertical distribution of young-of-the-year (YOY) burbot Lota lota in the pelagic zone of Lake Constance was compared to light intensity at the surface and to the light intensity at their mean depth. Lota lota larvae inhabited the pelagic zone of Lake Constance from the beginning of May until the end of August...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Probst WN,Eckmann R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Indo-Pacific mud sleeper Butis koilomatodon (Eleotridae) is recorded for the first time in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, based on 23 specimens caught at seven localities along the northern, north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern Brazilian coast. The occurrence of males and females in different ontogenetic st...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Macieira RM,Giarrizzo T,Gasparini JL,Sazima I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood sampling through the caudal vasculature is a widely used technique in fish biology for investigating organismal health and physiology. In live fishes, it can provide a quick, easy and relatively non-invasive method for obtaining a blood sample (cf. cannulation and cardiac puncture). Here, a general set of recomm...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Lawrence MJ,Raby GD,Teffer AK,Jeffries KM,Danylchuk AJ,Eliason EJ,Hasler CT,Clark TD,Cooke SJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of Pimelodella is described from several right-bank tributaries of the Rio Madeira basin in Amazonas and Rondônia states, Brazil. The new species differs from all congeners by the supraoccipital process not reaching the anterior nuchal plate, 43-45 total vertebrae, maxillary barbels reaching between adpr...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Slobodian V,Pastana MNL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory behavioural observation and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis were conducted to examine whether the movement of the elongated dorsal and pelvic spines changed the hydrodynamic drag in white-streaked grouper Epinephelus ongus larvae. The behavioural observation in the tank revealed that the larvae ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Kawabata Y,Nishihara GN,Yamaguchi T,Takebe T,Teruya K,Sato T,Soyano K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study gives an account of spatial and temporal distribution of whale shark Rhincodon typus catch events in China on the basis of historical records and information obtained from interviews with fishing industry stakeholders. A total of 186 R. typus were recorded with key harvest areas identified as in Hainan and ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Li W,Wang Y,Norman B

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal development of the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata has been analysed from late embryonic development to juvenile stages using classical histological and immunohistological methods. Five significant phases were established. Phases 1 and 2 comprise the late embryonic and hatching stages, respectively. The re...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Pavón-Muñoz T,Bejarano-Escobar R,Blasco M,Martín-Partido G,Francisco-Morcillo J

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Three normalized cDNA libraries were constructed, two of which were constructed from reproductive tissues ovary and testis, and the other one from pooled immune tissues including head kidney, intestine, liver and spleen. A total of 10 542 clones were sequenced generating 10 128 expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Cluster ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Sha Z,Wang S,Zhuang Z,Wang Q,Wang Q,Li P,Ding H,Wang N,Liu Z,Chen S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expressed sequence tag (EST) of B cell translocation gene (BTG) 1 (gcbtg1) was obtained from a grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idellus intestinal complementary (c)DNA library and the full-length cDNA sequence was acquired by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technology. The predicted Gcbtg1 protein contains the b...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Fu YJ,Huang FG,Yuan T,Gu JR,Luo GQ,Xu H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study documents unexpectedly low levels of intra and interpopulation genetic diversity in Kryptolebias ocellatus, an androdioecious and predominantly self-fertilizing killifish from south-eastern Brazil. This finding generally is inconsistent with the established opinion that the K. ocellatus and K. marmoratus cl...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Tatarenkov A,Lima SM,Avise JC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landmark-based geometric morphometrics were used to evaluate the effect of flow and depth in the water column on the body size and shape of Brycon henni from river and stream populations. The dendrogram showed that stream populations clustered apart and showed significantly smaller centroid size and narrower bodies th...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Restrepo-Escobar N,Hurtado-Alarcón JC,Mancera-Rodríguez NJ,Márquez EJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular (mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1- COI) analysis was performed to characterize the poorly known Malapterurus minjiriya from Nigerian inland water bodies. Integrative taxonomy, involving morphological and molecular data, confirms the identity of M. minjiriya. Matrilineal genealogy reveals a sister...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Oladipo SO,Nneji LM,Anifowoshe AT,Nneji IC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test ecological niche theory, this study investigated the spatial patterns and the environmental niches of native and non-native fishes within the invaded Great Fish River system, South Africa. For the native fishes, there were contrasting environmental niche breadths that varied from being small to being large and...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Kadye WT,Booth AJ

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta homing behaviour in a two-choice test tank (Y-maze) was monitored using a passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tag system in response to river-specific dissolved free amino-acid (DFAA) profiles and revealed that the majority of O. keta showed a preference for artificial natal-stream...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Chen EY,Leonard JBK,Ueda H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic structure and diversity of nine Japanese kokanee (landlocked) Oncorhynchus nerka stocks and anadromous O. nerka from the North Pacific and the Canadian Lake Cultus population were examined using microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA. Sequence analyses of the cytochrome b region of mtDNA for Japanese kokanee O. ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Yamamoto S,Kitamura S,Sakano H,Morita K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used to generate a subtracted cDNA library enriched with gene transcripts differentially expressed in the spleen of orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides after 5 days of infection with Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV). In the forward and reverse-subtracted libra...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Xu D,Wei J,Cui H,Gong J,Yan Y,Lai R,Qin Q

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:California grunion Leuresthes tenuis synchronize spawning with tidal cycles, so the embryos incubate in a terrestrial environment, delay hatching until cued by a specific environmental trigger, and may extend incubation for up to an additional four weeks. These adaptations, however, do not appear to alter the morpholo...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Martin KL,Moravek CL,Flannery JA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00