Siganus insomnis sp. nov. is described from the Maldives, Sri Lanka and southern India. It most closely resembles S. lineatus (Valenciennes) from the Western Pacific but differs in coloration, principally in that most if not all of the bronze bands on its mid and upper sides continue horizontally and unbroken through to the nape and opercular slit. By contrast, in S. lineatus, typically the ant...

Invasive species pose threats to either human health or inflict ecological and/or economic damage. The silver-cheeked toadfish ( Lagocephalus sceleratus ), a Lessepsian species, is one of the most harmful in Mediterranean Sea, because its potent neurotoxin, impacts on marine biodiversity, and increased costs labor they fishers. Since catch consumption this pufferfish prohibited by almost all co...

Over the past 40 years, gonadal sex differentiation in teleost fish has been studied from histological and physiological viewpoints, for its application in fisheries. The morphological characteristics of gonadal sex differentiation in teleost fish were discussed in Section 2, and a summary of sexual processes, such as gonadal sex differentiation and sexual maturation in triploid salmonid fishes...

This study aimed to determine the effect of a commercial diet's protein level on fry-to-fingerling stage. Thirty days-old fries having initial length and weight 18.25 ± 0.15 mm fish-1 0.036 0.50 g respectively have been used in this study. Diet three levels i.e. 30% (trial 1 as control), 35% 2), 40% 3), 45% 4), respectively, evaluate protein, each trial has repeated times. During study, stockin...