abstract：:Species composition and food habits of four istiophorid billfishes were investigated and compared in three different tropical areas of the eastern North Pacific Ocean by longline operations from September to November 2004. Sailfish Istiophorus platypterus, shortbill spearfish Tetrapturus angustirostris and blue marlin...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Shimose T,Yokawa K,Saito H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of facultative corallivory is documented in three species of obligate coral-dwelling gobies (genus Gobiodon) based on the presence of spirocysts in gut contents. Coral-dwelling gobies also consumed a broad range of other items with gut contents dominated by algae, invertebrates and amorphous material. Dietary...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Brooker RM,Munday PL,Ainsworth TD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recreational shore fishing along 250 km of the south and south-west coast of Portugal was studied based on roving creel and aerial surveys. Surveys were conducted between August 2006 and July 2007, following a stratified random-sampling design and provided information on catch and effort, harvest and discards, angler ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Veiga P,Ribeiro J,Gonçalves JM,Erzini K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diet of pearly razorfish Xyrichtys novacula, caught monthly along the shores of the Island of Lampedusa, appeared to be mainly composed of crustaceans, followed by colonial ascidians, molluscs and polychaetes. Among prey, sand dwellers and phanerogam-associated species were recorded. In winter months, the diet was...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Castriota L,Falautano M,Finoia MG,Campo D,Scarabello MP,Andaloro F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 1429 fishes of 18 different species (12 native and six exotic) were sampled from 29 localities to compare the levels of parasitism between native and exotic fish species and to examine the relationship between environmental degradation and parasite diversity. Forty-four putative species of parasites wer...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Lymbery AJ,Hassan M,Morgan DL,Beatty SJ,Doupé RG

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：: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：:Differences in the diet composition of small (28-42 mm total length, L(T)) and large (43-75 mm L(T)) individuals of the cline Clinitrachus argentatus (Clinidae) were evident. Smaller individuals preyed mainly on copepods, whereas larger individuals ate mainly amphipods, isopods, brachyurans and polychaetes. ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Ozen O,Altin A,Ayyildiz H

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:The phylogeographical structure of brown trout Salmo trutta in Britain and Ireland was studied using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of four mitochondrial DNA segments (16S/ND1, ND5/6, COXIII/ND5 and ND5/12S). Analysis of 3636 individuals from 83 sites-morphotypes...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： McKeown NJ,Hynes RA,Duguid RA,Ferguson A,Prodöhl PA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionary origin of the only north-west Saharan haplochromine cichlid, Astatotilapia desfontainii, was explored using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that this species belonged to the main East African-Nilotic haplochromine clade, but was a distinct lineage that diverged from modern ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Genner MJ,Haesler MP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variation in large-scale habitat selection by fishes in shallow, Canadian waters of the Detroit River was examined. Fish communities were compared among three river segments (upstream, middle and downstream) consisting of areas of shallow water habitat separated by wide hydrologic barriers of deep, flowing wa...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Lapointe NW,Corkum LD,Mandrak NE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of six species of freshwater fishes, from the families Cyprinidae (common carp Cyprinus carpio, roach Rutilus rutilus and chub Leuciscus cephalus) and Salmonidae (rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, brown trout Salmo trutta and Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus), to a standardized stressor was evaluated. A 6...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Pottinger TG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of flume length and impingement time on post-exercise lactate concentrations in brook charr Salvelinus fontinalis were examined. Swimming in longer flumes increased lactate concentrations, as does impingement after swimming in short flumes. ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Tudorache C,O'Keefe RA,Benfey TJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish reproduction is likely to be affected by increasing water temperatures arising from climate change. Normal changes in environmental temperature have the capacity to affect endocrine function and either advance or retard gametogenesis and maturation, but above-normal temperatures have deleterious effects on reprod...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Pankhurst NW,King HR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sedentary, predatory characin Hoplias malabaricus has one of the widest distributions of freshwater fishes in South America and is characterized by seven karyomorphs (A-G) that occur in sympatric and allopatric populations. Karyotypical patterns of variation in wild populations have been interpreted as evidence of...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Santos U,Völcker CM,Belei FA,Cioffi MB,Bertollo LA,Paiva SR,Dergam JA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reviews the effects of water temperature and flow on migrations, embryonic development, hatching, emergence, growth and life-history traits in light of the ongoing climate change with emphasis on anadromous Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and brown trout Salmo trutta. The expected climate change in the A...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Jonsson B,Jonsson N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of digestion by a predatory fish (largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides) on stable isotopic (delta(13)C and delta(18)O) and trace elemental (Sr:Ca and Ba:Ca) compositions of prey fish (bluegill Lepomis macrochirus) otoliths was investigated in a laboratory experiment. Trace element and stable-isotopic signa...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Phelps QE,Noatch MR,Lewis HA,Myers DJ,Zeigler JM,Eichelberger JS,Saltzgiver MJ,Whitledge GW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the protracted effects of two angling treatments (mild and harsh) on the post-release mortality, gonadal development and somatic condition of Australian bass Macquaria novemaculeata in a pond-based experiment. Angled fish were destructively sampled (along with controls) three times: immediately bef...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Hall KC,Broadhurst MK,Butcher PA,Rowland SJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 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 goals of the present study were to investigate the feeding rates of Scartella cristata, accounting for different water temperature regimes, and to analyse spatial and seasonal variations in its diet. The feeding rate of S. cristata was higher in warmer waters and was not correlated with season. A typical herbivoro...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Mendes TC,Villaça RC,Ferreira CE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological analysis of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus collected in Middleton Island, Alaska, was conducted in order to study how gene flow and selection interact during divergence. Middleton Island was uplifted by 3.4 m during the Great Alaska Earthquake in 1964; this event formed a series of new f...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Gelmond O,von Hippel FA,Christy MS

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:It has been demonstrated that growth hormone (GH) transgenic fish often posses a trait for fast growth. Here, we investigated the growth of F(4)'all-fish' GH transgenic carp Cyprinus carpio and their serum GH levels for a year. The results showed that F(4) all-fish GH transgenic carp were significantly larger in body ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Zhong S,Wang YP,Pei DS,Luo DJ,Liao LJ,Zhu ZY

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:A molecular approach was employed to investigate stock structure in Siamese mud carp Henicorhynchus siamensis populations collected from 14 sites across mainland south-east Asia, with the major focus being the lower Mekong River basin. Spatial analysis of a mitochondrial DNA fragment (ATPase 6 and 8) identified four s...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Adamson EA,Hurwood DA,Baker AM,Mather PB

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between otolith score, a function of increasing stain visibility, and the ratio of alizarin complexone (mg) to fish biomass (g) for 0.1, 0.6 and 7 g black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri show that acceptable marks are produced in all size classes using a stain-to-biomass ratio of 3.3 mg g(-1) following ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Partridge GJ,Jenkins GI,Doupé RG,De Lestang S,Ginbey BM,French D

更新日期：2009-10-01 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 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：: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：:An experiment quantified the effect of food ration and spawning number on the breeding season reproductive performance of batch-spawning, female three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus. Individually housed females were maintained on fixed rations of 2, 4, 8 or 16% of their initial postspawning mass of live en...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Wootton RJ,Fletcher DA

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:Common carp Cyprinus carpio were introduced into Australia on several occasions and are now the dominant fish in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), the continent's largest river system. In this study, variability at 14 microsatellite loci was examined in C. carpio (n = 1037) from 34 sites throughout the major rivers in t...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Haynes GD,Gilligan DM,Grewe P,Nicholas FW

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to monitor erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities (NA) including micronuclei (MN) in cultured and wild sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax and wild mullet Mugil spp. Seasonal sampling was performed at seven locations along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. The frequency of NA and MN was positively ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Strunjak-Perovic I,Topic Popovic N,Coz-Rakovac R,Jadan M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental tanks were used to observe predatory effects in three different size classes of Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (one of the world's most widespread exotic species and generally regarded to be a herbivore or both herbivore and detritivore) when tested against 10 juvenile Australian freshwater fi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Doupé RG,Knott MJ,Schaffer J,Burrows DW

更新日期：2009-07-01 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

abstract：:Neoheterobothrium hirame a haematophagous monogenean parasite on Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus occurred at high prevalences (> 70%) from 1999 to 2002 but thereafter declined and remained low (< 20%) from 2003 to 2005 in the Joban area, Japan. In 2006, N. hirame became abundant again reaching a prevalence of...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Tomiyama T,Watanabe M,Kurita Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of water temperature and feeding regime on otolith growth in Anguilla japonica glass eels and elvers were investigated using individuals reared at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 degrees C and in fed or unfed conditions at salinity 32 after their otoliths were marked with alizarin complexone (ALC). To eliminat...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Fukuda N,Kuroki M,Shinoda A,Yamada Y,Okamura A,Aoyama J,Tsukamoto K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperate-zone anguillid eels use both saline (marine or brackish) and fresh waters during their continental phase, but use of fresh waters is paradoxical because on average these fishes grow more rapidly in saline than in fresh waters. Based on data from anguillid eels whose habitat-residency histories had been deter...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cairns DK,Secor DA,Morrison WE,Hallett JA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between spatial variations in predation risk and abundance of northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos at both macroscale (littoral v. pelagic zones) and microscale (structured v. open water habitats in the littoral zone) of Canadian Shield lakes. Minnow traps were placed in both st...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Dupuch A,Magnan P,Bertolo A,Dill LM,Proulx M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00