cobitis sp. is an endemic spined loach species from the dough river in the southern caspian sea basin, (golestan province, iran). to provide some reproductive features of this fish, sampling was performed at monthly intervals throughout the year and 417 individuals were collected. the specimens ranged in total length from 27.1 to 92.9 mm and total weight from 0.11 to 6.79 g. the spawning of spi...

considering its gobiidea and feeding fish sturgeon caspian sea highest main and the need to fecundity this fish, this study was done in babolroud and tajan rivers in mazandaran. in order to conduct the study, 197 sand goby we were caught using an electros choker machine (v300-200) in the spring of 1390 ,which was the spawning season, at the tajan river (sari) and babolrood (babol). 103 fish whi...

Antagonistic sexual coevolution stems from the notion that male and female interests over reproduction are in conflict. Such conflicts appear to be particularly obvious when male genital armature inflicts damage to the female reproductive tract resulting in reduced female longevity. However, studies of mating frequency, genital damage and female longevity are difficult to interpret because fema...

kutum, rutilus frisii kutum, is an commercially important fish in the caspian sea. the fish enters the rivers leading to the caspian sea for spawning. one of these rivers is shiroud river. in the artificial propagation process of kutum, different factors are involved in quality and quantity of female broods eggs and also in the best temperature and migration time for spawning. the influence of ...

A research study was conducted to investigate the number of ovarian eggs and estimate potential egg production of A. leptodactylus. In this study, mean number ovarian eggs 420.41±42.51 with the average total length to 121.93±4.27 mm (n=58). The mean pleopodal eggs were 322.04±29.61 with average total length of 119.14±3.94 mm (n=67). Comparison of the fecundity rate i...

The genetic polymorphism of some genes related to meat production in three Egyptian sheep breeds (Barki, Rahmani and Osseimi) was studied. The candidate genes were: Calpastatin, Myostatin, Diacylglycerol-acyltransferase1, Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and Booroola fecundity gene. The technique applied was the restriction fragment length polymorphism for the polymerase chain react...

The striped snakehead Channa striata is a valuable food fish and has high market value. feeding natural breeding grounds of this economically important species have been reduced due to increasing anthropogenic activities habitat alterations in the Gangetic River system. present study was undertaken assess reproductive biology C. striata, which widely distributed India many other Asian countries...

Fecundity generally refers to the ability to reproduce. In biology and demography, fecundity is the potential reproductive capacity of an organism or population measured by the number of eggs or seeds. Fecundity under both genetic and environmental control is the major measure of fitness, is well studied in population ecology and can increase or decrease according to current conditions and cert...