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Larval development of Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Pisces: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2011
The cichlid Hypsophrys nicaraguensis is a popular fish known as butterfly, and despite its widespread use as pets, little is known about its reproductive biology.
Alex Molina Arias
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Assessment of Fish Biodiversity in Oni River, Ogun State, Nigeria [PDF]

International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2011
For the purpose of sustainable exploitation of the fishery resourcesof Oni River, Ogun State, Nigeria, the fish biodiversity assessment was carried out. This was conducted by enumerating and identifying fish species composition, measuring the fish length,
Obe Bernardine Wuraola, Jenyo-Oni Adetola   +1 more
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Feeding and trophic ecomorphology of Satanoperca pappaterra (Pisces, Cichlidae) in the Manso Reservoir, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2005
The aim of this work was to evaluate the relationship between diet and features of the trophic ecomorphology of Satanoperca pappaterra (Heckel, 1840) in an impacted environment.
Norma Segatti Hahn, Fabiane Cunha
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Trace metal distribution in tissues of cichlids (Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) collected from wastewater-fed fishponds in East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site [PDF]

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2006
Background. Metals discharged in wastes from different industries into wetland ecosystems pose a serious threat to the receiving environment. Biotic components grown in the area amass such metals within their body through nutritional uptake and ...
S. Chatterjee, B. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Mukhopadhyay   +2 more
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DNA methylation in fish of the cichlid family: A systematic review

Heliyon
Cichlidae is considered one of the most diverse families of freshwater fish in the world. The representatives of this group are known for their ecological and behavioral diversity.
Elias Welengane, Luan Felipe da Silva Frade, Luana Beatriz Sales Pinon, Carlos Eduardo Vasconcelos dos Santos, Adauto Lima Cardoso, Luís Adriano Santos do Nascimento, Renata Coelho Rodrigues Noronha   +6 more
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Notes on the occurrence of Trypanosoma sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in freshwater fishes from South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2013
A total of 257 fishes from four families, Clariidae, Cichlidae, Cyprinidae and Schilbeidae were collected from three localities: the Sand River Dam, Swaziland; the Nylsvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa and the Vaal Dam and Vaal River Barrage, South ...
Maryke L. Ferreira, Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage   +1 more
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Karyotype diversity between species of Crenicichla (Perciformes, Cichlidae) from different Brazilian hydrographic basins

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2019
Crenicichla is the largest genus in the Cichlidae family in South America. The genus includes 100 valid species that are popularly known in Brazil as jacundás or joaninhas and are widely distributed in rivers east of the Andes.
Larissa Bettin Pires, Mariana Campaner Usso, Lucia Giuliano-Caetano, Ana Lúcia Dias   +3 more
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The ichthyofauna in the influence area of the Lajeado reservoir, Tocantins state, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2017
Five rivers and 13 streams in the influence area of the Lajeado reservoir (upper-middle Tocantins River) were sampled in 5 expeditions. A total of 194 fish species were recorded and with the Characiformes and Siluriformes predominant, following the ...
Renata Bartolette, Carolina Vieira, amille Santos, Carlos Santos, Jefferson Luduvice, Tamires Passos, Thiago D’avilla, Bruna Nascimento, Dário Ernesto, Fernando Argolo, Alexandre Aguiar, Fernanda Argolo, Marlene Pereira, Tainara Santos, Marcelo Brito   +14 more
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Analysis of morphometric and meristic characteristics of three cichlid species in central Iraq: farmed and wild

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
This study is designed to assess morphological dissimilarities between aquaculture and feral groups of three cichlid fish species, Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848), Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864), and Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Feral
Fatle Fatema Ali Al, Jawad Laith A., Ibáñez Ana L.   +2 more
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The influence of salinity increasing on the fish communities in the east of Al-Hammar marsh- southern Iraq

المجلة العراقية للاستزراع المائي, 2019
The study included the effect of the advancement of the saline front on the composition of the fish catchment of the East Hamar marsh for the period from January 2018 to December 2018.
Ghassan, A. Al-Najjar
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