the chromosome number and type as well as karyotype in vimba vimba persa were studied. a total of 200 larvae and 10 fingerlings of this species with an average weight of 30.2g obtained from shahid ansari fish hatchery. to arrest mitosis in metaphase, larvae under study were placed in a 0.05% solution of colchicine for a period of 6h while the fingerlings were given an intramuscular injection of...

Some reproduction characteristics of the Caspian Vimba, Vimba vimba persa, were studied from Oct. 2008 to Sep. 2009 in coastal waters of the Caspian Sea (Mazandaran province). 994 specimens were monthly collected from 6 fish landing sites of Ramsar, Tonekabon, Chalus, Mahmood Abad, Sari and Behshahr. The fecundity was measured using 92 specimens. This species was found to have more abundance in...

length weight relationships of vimba vimba persa were studied. for this purpose 174 fish samples were collected by gill nets, beach seine and purse seine from march through june 2008 at two guilan fisheries catch stations of guilan located in anzali- kiyashahr regions. samples were immediately transferred to the laboratory of fish biology at university of guilan for further analyses. length, we...

 Population genetic structure of Vimba vimba persa was investigated using microsatellite markers from 40 regions along the Iranian coastline of the Southern Caspian Sea (Anzali lagoon and Havigh River in Gilan province, BabolRoud River in Mazandaran province and GorganRoud River in Golestan province). Genomic DNA from 121 specimens was extracted from fin tissue by the Phenol-Chlorophorm method ...

 Population genetic structure of Vimba vimba persa was investigated using microsatellite markers from 40 regions along the Iranian coastline of the Southern Caspian Sea (Anzali lagoon and Havigh River in Gilan province, BabolRoud River in Mazandaran province and GorganRoud River in Golestan province). Genomic DNA from 121 specimens was extracted from fin tissue by the Phenol-Chlorophor...

The rearing of fish fry in illuminated cages is one of the methods used before fish release into water bodies. The aim of the study was to investigate the peculiarities of infestation with Argulus foliaceus L. of the fry of pike Esox lucius (L.), pike-perch Sander lucioperca (L.), bream Abramis brama (L.), vimba Vimba vimba (L.) and peled Coregonus peled (Gmel.) reared in illuminated cages. The...