Rabbitfish is economically valuable teleost species which lives in shallow coastal waters. Two species of rabbit fish have been recognized in southern sea of Iran (Persian gulf) as namely Siganus sutor and Siganus javus. In the current study, in order to investigate the histology of the annular ligament of the S. javus’ eye, the prepared sections of the eyes of twelve healthy specimens were stu...

The study aimed to determine the optimum dietary lysine level of orange-spotted rabbitfish Siganus guttatus Bloch, 1787 (average body weight range 5.2 7.6 gxfish-1). feeding trial was conducted for 8 weeks employing six experimental diets which were isonitrogenous, isocaloric, and isolipidic (35% crude protein (CP), 18.3 MJxkg-1 gross energy, 5% lipid). content ranged from 1.22 g 2.12 xkg-1 dry...