New morphological and molecular data for Xystretrum solidum (Gorgoderidae, Gorgoderinae) from Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) in Mexican waters [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Adults of trematodes in the genus Xystretrum Linton, 1910 (Gorgoderidae, Gorgoderinae) are parasites found exclusively in the urinary bladders of tetraodontiform fishes.
Andrés Martínez-Aquino +5 more
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Trematodes of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: emerging patterns of diversity and richness in coral reef fishes [PDF]
, 2014 The Great Barrier Reef holds the richest array of marine life found anywhere in Australia, including a diverse and fascinating parasite fauna. Members of one group, the trematodes, occur as sexually mature adult worms in almost all Great Barrier Reef ...
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The complete mitochondrial genome of the stellate puffer (Arothron stellatus) was first determined in this study. It was a 16,475 bp circular molecule and consisted of 37 genes with typical gene order in vertebrate mitogenome.
Wei-Feng Chen +6 more
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DNA Barcoding of Fish in Mischief Reef—Fish Diversity of a Reef Fish Community From Nansha Islands
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Development of effective conservation and management strategies requires assessments of ecosystem biodiversity status, especially in understudied hotspots of global fish diversity. Coral reefs are important habitats for fishes, with biodiversity hotspots
Binbin Shan +19 more
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A hypothalamic channel-system in the inferior lobes of a trigger-fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus, Balistidae) [PDF]
, 1984 In the course of a general investigation of the optic system in some trigger-fishes, a hypothalamic, ventricular channel-system with pores, leading to the outside of the brain, has been discovered in the inferior lobes ofRhinecanthus aculeatus ...
Finck, W. +2 more
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Evolutionary history of anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes): a mitogenomic perspective [PDF]
, 2010 Background The teleost order Lophiiformes, commonly known as the anglerfishes, contains a diverse array of marine fishes, ranging from benthic shallow-water dwellers to highly modified deep-sea midwater species. They comprise 321 living species placed in
Masaki Miya +9 more
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Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Discordance among individual molecular age estimates, or between molecular age estimates and the fossil record, is observed in many clades across the Tree of Life. This discordance is attributed to a variety of variables including calibration
Alex Dornburg +3 more
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Population aspects of Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 The Tetraodontidae contains about 184 species (Matsuura, 2014), but recent studies have shown the existence of complex and new species in this fishes (Moura e Castro, 2002; Walker and Bussing, 1996; Amaral et al., 2013; Kottelat et al., 2013 ...
Beatriz Ferenanda Chinchilla Cartagena
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First record of Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler, 1934 (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthodidae) from India [PDF]
Check List, 2012 The Sawspine spikefish, Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler, 1934, is reported from Indian waters for the first time, based on specimens collected from Sakthikulangara fishing harbor (08°30’ N, 76°53.3’ E), Kerala, southwest coast of India. Morphometric
Thayyil Sirajudheen +1 more
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Assessing variation in the potential susceptibility of fish to pharmaceuticals, considering evolutionary differences in their physiology and ecology [PDF]
, 2014 Fish represent the planet's most diverse group of vertebrates and they can be exposed to a wide range of pharmaceuticals. For practical reasons, extrapolation of pharmaceutical effects from 'model' species to other fish species is adopted in risk ...
Brown, A. Ross +3 more
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