Dried fish are important dietary protein and income sources in Zhanjiang, China. Mycotoxins produced by pathogenic fungi that contaminate during processing can cause considerable hazard to consumer health. This study reports fungal diversity, total counts mycotoxin contamination of dried sold at the seafood market Zhanjiang. Seven products (Hemibarbus maculatus, Pseudosciaena crocea, Lutjanus e...

Knowledge of the feeding habits pelagic fishes off Brazilian coast is scarce, making analysis trophic interactions often inaccurate. Here, we investigated diet and role 12 fish species by revisiting samples obtained ECOSAR II Program (FURG/IO/IBAMA) between 23°S 28°40'S, an area also known as South Brazil Bight. In addition, analyzed their biomass fisheries landings in order to examine shifts o...

Fishes from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico were surveyed during four oceanographic campaigns (February and October 2016, June September 2017) using a shrimp trawl net benthic sled in 20 locations at depths that ranged 43 to 3608 m. Length–weight relations (LWR) estimated for 39 fish species (in alphabetical order): Bembrops gobioides (Goode, 1880); Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758);...