!!! vitro effects of prolactin, cortisol, aldosterone, and cyclic ad.enosine monophosphate were studied on branchial Na+, K+ activated ATPase of freshwater adapted killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Decreases in ATPase activity were found after treatment with prolactin and aldosterone. Cyclic AMP caused an increase in ATPase activity. The action of cortisol on this enzyme was not clear. A dose r...

Glutathione (GSH) is an important antioxidant that is involved in a multitude of cellular processes. However, in fish, GSH levels, turnover, and activity of associated enzymes are low when compared to those of mammals. To determine whether temperature influences the GSH antioxidant system in fish, and can explain the differences in GSH between fish and mammals, we examined the effects of acclim...

killifish (aphanius sophiae) of the cheshme-ali of damghan and shour river of eshteherd were studied and compared from morphological point of view. for morphometric studies, 34 truss morphometric measurements and  10 traditional  measurements  were made for each individual. nine meristic traits were counted. multi-variate analysis of variance (manova) revealed a significant different between va...

Understanding the molecular basis underlying aging is critical if we are to fully understand how and why we age-and possibly how to delay the aging process. Up until now, most longevity pathways were discovered in invertebrates because of their short lifespans and availability of genetic tools. Now, Reichwald et al. and Valenzano et al. independently provide a reference genome for the short-liv...

The family Rivulidae is one of the largest families of freshwater fishes of the Neotropical region [1]. It is a diverse group of annual fish, most popularly known as “killifish”, which occurs in seasonal freshwater swamps of tropical and subtropical areas of South America [2]. Brazil has the greatest diversity of the family Rivulidae and is represented by 30 genera with approximately 120 fish s...

Rivulus berovidesi, a new killifish species, is described from a small stream in Sierra de Cajalbana, northwestern Cuba. It is readily distinguished from Rivulus cylindraceus Poey by the combination of an exclusive color pattern and meristic characters such as a d-type frontal scalation pattern (versus e-type pattern in Rivulus cylindraceus). The current diagnosis of Rivulus berovidesi based on...

Karyotypes of two species of the African annual killifish genus Nothobranchius Peters, 1868, Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938 and Nothobranchius sp. from Kasenga (D.R. Congo) are described. Both species displayed diploid chromosome number 2n = 49/50 for males and females respectively with multiple-sex chromosome system type X1X2Y/X1X1X2X2. The karyotypes of studied species are considerably diff...