abstract：:Reports were compiled of sunfish (family Molidae) by-catch in Peruvian small-scale fisheries and sunfish by-catch rates were estimated using data from shore-based and onboard monitoring programmes. A total of 114 sunfishes were reported in the longline and gillnet fisheries along the Peru coast from 2005 to 2017. Syst...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Mangel JC,Pajuelo M,Pasara-Polack A,Vela G,Segura-Cobeña E,Alfaro-Shigueto J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine fish are an irreplaceable resource, but are currently under threat through overfishing and climate change. To date, most of the emphasis has been on single stocks or populations of economic importance. However, commercially valuable species are embedded in assemblages of many species and there is only limited u...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Moyes F,Magurran AE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyses whale shark Rhincodon typus stranding in the Gulf of California, Mexico, reported by the public, scientists, authorities and artisanal fishermen. A total of 14 strandings were documented during the period 2001-2018. The total length of R. typus ranged from 350-1,102 cm, with a sex ratio of 3...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Whitehead DA,Becerril-García EE,Petatán-Ramírez D,Vázquez-Haikin A,González-Armas R,Galván-Magaña F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the usefulness of portable ultrasonography in accurately predicting pregnancy and fecundity in the bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo by comparing ultrasound-obtained data with those obtained from animal dissection, the gold standard for elasmobranch reproduction studies. Mature female S. tiburo (n = ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Anderson B,Belcher C,Slack J,Gelsleichter J

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:This study reports on the first record of the intermediate scabbardfish Aphanopus intermedius in the western South Atlantic Ocean, based on a single specimen 725 mm standard length collected between 0 and 610 m depth around Rocas Atoll off north-eastern Brazil. Measurements and counts are provided and compared with th...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Eduardo LN,Villarins BT,Lucena-Frédou F,Frédou T,Lira AS,Bertrand A,Mincarone MM

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Food searching behaviour in a group of individually tagged 1-5 kg Atlantic cod Gadus morhua was studied in a set of three experiments in a sea cage with two underwater platforms, where restricted amounts of food was delivered several times per day during an acoustic training period. It took c. 1 week to train 20 naïve...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Björnsson B,Karlsson H,Macrander A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute thermal and asphyxia exposure risks for freshwater fish occupying three tropical wetland typologies were examined. Field water-quality data revealed that fish in wetlands grazed by pigs had the highest exposure risks, because they are shallow and heavily damaged by pig activities. In contrast, with the exception...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Waltham NJ,Schaffer JR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domesticated brown trout Salmo trutta parr were subjected to increased, variable flow under controlled experimental conditions. Using geometric morphometric analyses, K ¯ ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Fenkes M,Shiels HA,Nudds RL

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain transcriptomic insights into branchial responses to salinity challenge in Anabas testudineus, this study employed RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) to analyse the gill transcriptome of A. testudineus exposed to seawater (SW) for 6 days compared with the freshwater (FW) control group. A combined FW and SW gill transcr...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Chen XL,Lui EY,Ip YK,Lam SH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic colour polymorphism is present in bluefin killifish Lucania goodei, where red and yellow anal-fin morphs coexist in clear springs, but the source of balancing selection is unknown. In a field study, vertical distributions did not differ between the morphs and there was little evidence that light environments...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Chang CH,Schult JE,Sanders J,Liu SH,Fuller RC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cetopsis varii sp. nov. Cetopsidae (Cetopsinae) is described from the Río Meta basin in eastern Colombia, at middle portions of the Río Orinoco basin. The new species differs from congeners by a combination of features: the absence of a humeral spot, presence of eye, conical teeth on vomer and dentary and rounded post...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Abrahão VP,de Pinna MCC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anchoviella hernanni sp. nov. is described from the upper Amazon River basin, in tributaries of the Marañon, Ucayali and Madre de Dios river drainages that drain the Peruvian Andes. The new taxon can be distinguished from all congeners except Anchoviella jamesi, Anchoviella manamensis and Anchoviella perezi, by having...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Loeb MV,Varella HR,Menezes NA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One male and one female angular rough sharks Oxynotus centrina were caught south-east of Malta between May and June at a depth of 60-100 m < 5 km from shore. The immature female (total length, LT 565 mm) was landed dead but the male (535 mm LT ) was found alive. This communication presents important biological observa...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Koehler L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fishes belonging to the family Clinidae in South Africa display super-embryonation, a rare reproductive mode were females gestate broods at different gestational stages, but little is known regarding the mating systems of this family. Here we tested the hypothesis that multiple males would contribute not only to the o...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Schulze MJ,Henriques R,Feldheim KA,Bowie RCK,von der Heyden S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in Ctenopharyngodon idella toll-like receptor 7 (citlr7) gene, containing two in the 5'-flanking region, three within the single intron and six distributed in the coding sequence (CDS), were identified. A case-control study of 73 susceptible individuals and 67 resistant ind...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Su JJ,Shang XY,Wan QY,Su JG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American shad Alosa sapidissima, an anadromous clupeid, exhibits variation in reproductive strategies, including semelparity and iteroparity. It provides an excellent model for studying the behaviour of germ cells in anadromous fish during their migration from sea to river. The vasa gene was characterized in A. sapidi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wu XL,Tang ZK,Li W,Chu ZJ,Hong XY,Zhu XP,Xu HY

更新日期：2018-05-01 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 recovery of oxygen uptake to the standard metabolic rate (SMR) following exhaustive chasing exercise in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar parr occurred in three phases (rapid, plateau and slow). The initial recovery phase lasted 0·7 h and contributed 16% to the total excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). It wa...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Zhang Y,Claireaux G,Takle H,Jørgensen SM,Farrell AP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduced predatory fishes have had consistently severe consequences for native fishes in stream environments around the world, although the drivers of these effects are often unclear. In the Swartkops River headwaters in South Africa, native Eastern Cape redfin Pseudobarbus afer were always absent from sites occupie...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Ellender BR,Weyl OLF,Alexander ME,Luger AM,Nagelkerke LAJ,Woodford DJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predation of cookie-cutter sharks Isistius spp. upon the early life stages of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares, skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and little tunny Euthynnus alletteratus are described. New evidence suggesting a connection between commercial fishing and predation by Isistius sp. is presented, with th...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Niella YV,Duarte LAG,Bandeira VR,Crespo O,Beare D,Hazin FHV

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression pattern of genes coding for enzymes of the retinoic acid (RA) synthetic and degradation pathways was characterized in adult female zebrafish Danio rerio. Females were conditioned until maturation and post-spawn expression dynamics were determined. A striking upregulation of cyp26b1, but not cyp26a1, was...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Ruivo R,Capitão A,Castro LFC,Santos MM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Petroleuciscus ninae sp. nov. is described from the Büyük Menderes River drainage. The new species is distinguished by having a black lateral stripe from head to base of caudal fin, stripe distinct anteriorly and posteriorly, wider than eye diameter; numerous black pigments on anal-fin rays; body depth at dorsal-fin o...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Turan D,Kalayci G,Kaya C,Bektaş Y,Küçük F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development, ontogeny of the digestive system and the fatty-acid (FA) profile, were analysed during development of Epinephelus marginatus. Larvae were analysed 7 and 17 days post fertilization (dpf) to evaluate fatty-acid profile and morphological variables, respectively. Epinephelus marginatus larvae have relatively ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Mello PH,Araújo BC,Campos MF,Rodrigues-Filho JA,Garcia CEO,Moreira RG

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Study of anadromous brown trout Salmo trutta in Orkney, U.K., burns (small streams) with a common-garden sea in Scapa Flow supports the key role of nutrient availability in fresh water, independent of day length, as a determinant of smolt age, with a systematic increase in mean smolt age from 1 to 3 years related inve...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Thomson M,Lyndon AR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive cycle of seven common species (Gobius paganellus, Gobius bucchichi, Gobius cobitis, Parablennius sanguinolentus, Salaria pavo, Tripterygion tartessicum and Symphodus roissali) on rocky shores in the Gulf of Cadiz and their relationship with the sea surface temperature (SST) is analysed. Partial data o...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Compaire JC,Casademont P,Gómez-Cama C,Soriguer MC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a new chemical double-marking technique for European glass eels Anguilla anguilla by combing alizarin red S (ARS) and strontium chloride hexahydrate (Sr). Marked eels (double marked with ARS and Sr, but also single marked with ARS) were exposed in situ to brackish water (15 g l-1 artificial sea sal...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Kullmann B,Hempel M,Thiel R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to report the presence of a three non-native hybrid long-whiskered catfishes (family Pimelodidae) in the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil. Genetic analyses demonstrated that the three presumptive hybrids were a result of the crossbreeding of Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum (central Amazonas River...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Yabu MHS,Vidotto-Magnoni AP,Casimiro ACR,Garcia DAZ,Costa ADA,Prado FDD,Porto-Foresti F,Orsi ML

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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：:Interactions between Lipophrys pholis and its amphipod prey Echinogammarus marinus were used to investigate the effect of changing water temperatures, comparing current and predicted mean summer temperatures. Contrary to expectations, predator attack rates significantly decreased with increasing temperature. Handling ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： South J,Welsh D,Anton A,Sigwart JD,Dick JTA

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to characterize histological changes during opercular osteogenesis in farmed gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata larvae from 7 to 69 days post hatching (dph) and compare normal osteogenesis with that of deformed opercles. Mild opercular deformities were first detected in 19 dph larvae by folding...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Thuong NP,Verstraeten B,Kegel BD,Christiaens J,Wolf TD,Sorgeloos P,Bonte D,Adriaens D

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transect surveys of hamlet communities (Hypoplectrus spp., Serranidae) covering 14 000 m2 across 16 reefs off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, are presented and compared with a previous survey conducted in the year 2000. The hamlet community has noticeably changed over 17 years, with a > 30% increase in relative abundance of...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Hench K,Mcmillan WO,Betancur-R R,Puebla O

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish assemblages along the longitudinal course of an old, disconnected and modified side arm of the Danube floodplain downstream of Vienna, Austria, as well as habitat structure, hydro-morphological and hydro-chemical factors, were investigated in order to analyse the key environmental determinants of the European mud...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Sehr M,Keckeis H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anabantoids are a group of c. 137 species of air-breathing freshwater fishes found in Africa and southern Asia. All anabantoids have a pair of suprabranchial chambers that each house an air-breathing organ known as the labyrinth apparatus: a complex bony structure lined with thin, highly vascularised respiratory e...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Tate M,McGoran RE,White CR,Portugal SJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A baited videographic survey at Pitcairn Island has significantly extended the known range for two reef-fish species: blue-lined triggerfish Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus and greater amberjack Seriola dumerili, with an additional minor extension noted for giant trevally Caranx ignobilis. This highlights the importance...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Duffy HJ,Letessier TB,Irving RA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive biology of three commercially significant seabream species (family: Sparidae) Acanthopagrus schlegelii, Evynnis cardinalis and Pagrus major, taken from Hong Kong and adjacent northern South China Sea (SCS) waters, were investigated for their sexual patterns, spawning seasons, length at maturity and ex...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Law CSW,Sadovy de Mitcheson Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00