Context Intermittent rivers make up more than 50% of the world’s rivers. Refuge waterholes in these systems are critical for survival fish populations. Aim This study investigated effect that angling pressure imparts on native within refuge waterholes. Methods Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) size structure was analysed eight across three catchments northern Murray–Darling Basin. Waterhole char...

For many biological reasons, it is often necessary to tag and monitor fish from a very early age. However, tagging can adversely affect fish, especially for high tag to body weight ratios. To Ž . determine the minimum size for passive integrated transponders PIT tagging in juvenile perch Ž Perca fluÕiatilis, surgical implantation was evaluated in fish ranging from 1.67 to 10.62 g 55–96 . mm FL ...

Abstract Globally, fish are frequently introduced beyond their native range. Some, like Ponto-Caspian gobies, becoming invasive, achieving high colonization rates and constituting frequent prey for predators. However, little is known about the effectiveness of antipredator behaviors invaders, which may shape role in invaded community contribute to invasion success. We compared invasive gobies s...

The vocal repertoire of male Common Yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas) includes a single distinctive perch song, a flight song, and several calls, including a chatter call. To ascertain the function of perch songs and chatter calls and to determine if these vocalizations are altered to convey different information, I examined the singing and calling behavior of male yellowthroats throughout the...

For eleven species of sympatric libellulids, male mean mass was positively correlated with wing aspect ratio, wing loading, and mean perch height. We tested the hypo theses that perch height selection was governed by interspecific competition or biomechanical responses to increased wind speed at higher perches. Although larger odonates might prefer higher perches to offset their increased wing ...

Piscivory in cyprinids (Cyprinidae) is extremely rare. Specifically, common bream (Abramis brama) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are zooplanktivorous fish in deep lentic waters. Nevertheless, we observed predation by these two cyprinids under natural conditions in the Vír Reservoir, Czech Republic. We conducted diet analysis for cyprinids caught by trawling and gillnets and the large amount ...

An investigation was conducted to identify the allochthonous microbiota (entire intestine) and the autochthonous microbiota in proximal intestine (PI) and distal intestine (DI) of four species of Indian air-breathing fish (climbing perch; Anabas testudineus, murrel; Channa punctatus, walking catfish; Clarias batrachus and stinging catfish; Heteropneustes fossilis) by PCR based denaturing gradie...

Key to predicting the response of fishes to climate change is quantifying how close fish are to their critical thermal limits in nature and their ability to adjust their thermal sensitivity to maintain performance. Here, we evaluated the effects of body size and habitat on aerobic scope (AS) and thermal tolerance of Nile perch Lates niloticus (L.), a fish of great economic and food security imp...