Alburnoides manyasensis, sp. n., is described from the Koca Stream (Lake Manyas drainage, Marmara Sea basin) in Anatolia. It is distinguished from all species of Alburnoides in Turkey and adjacent regions, Alburnoides tzanevi (Rezovska [Rezve], Istranca and Terkos streams in the western Black Sea drainage), Alburnoides cf. smyrnae (Banaz Stream, a drainage of Büyük Menderes River, Aegean Sea ba...

This report is the first on freshwater fishes of Ulu Paip Eco-Park Forest, Kedah, which aims to document fish species richness in this recreational forest. All were collected from main stream, Sungai Karangan, and its unnamed tributaries. In total, 20 10 families recorded. Cyprinidae most dominant family with six followed by Danionidae three species. Other contribute at least one each. Most rec...

The chub is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, which is widely distributed throughout Europe. Prior to 2001 there were no reports of chub being present in Ireland. In 2001 and again in 2004 it was reported that an angler had caught chub in a section of the River Inny. On neither occasion were live specimens retained for authentication. In 2005 a number of live, angler-caught chub from ...

Variations in fish communities of shallow lakes in the Yangtze basins were investigated from September 2007 to September 2009. Six lakes were chosen for comparative study of species composition and diversity in relation to environmental variations. Lake heterogeneity was described with environmental physico-chemical variables, using principal component analysis. Sixteen families, composed of 75...

fish biodiversity investigation in urmia basin which is a part of irano-anatolian hot spot aimed to determine the state of fish in this endorheic basin. based on the obtained results, freshwater fish species of the urmia basin comprise 29 species in 25 genera, 7 families, 5 orders and one class. the most diverse order is the cypriniformes with 23 species (79.31%) followed by salmoniformes and p...

The current status of the inland waters ichthyofauna Iran is revised and updated. A total 292 fish species belong to 3 classes, 24 orders, 36 families 106 genera inhabit Iran. Among these, 29 (9.9%) are exotic 102 (35%) endemic. Orders with largest numbers in Cypriniformes (182 species) followed by Gobiiformes (30 species), Cyprinodontiformes (15 Siluriformes (12 Clupeiformes (10 Acipenseriform...

BACKGROUND Opisthorchis viverrini infection is a serious public-health problem in Southeast Asia. It is associated with a number of hepatobiliary diseases and the evidence strongly indicates that liver fluke infection is the etiology of cholangiocarcinoma. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate Opisthorchis viverrini metacercarial infection in cyprinoid fish collected from 32 districts of...