this study was conducted to determine taxonomic and zoogeographic features of fishes from the kor and helleh river basins in southwestern iran. the specimens were collected from 2004 to 2007. twenty four species belonging to 20 genera, 9 families, and 6 orders from the kor river basin and 21 species belonging to 19 genera, 8 families, and 6 orders from helleh basin were identified. ichthyofauna...

BACKGROUND Interspecific hybridization is widespread, occurring in a taxonomically diverse array of species. The Cyprinidae family, which displays more than 30% hybridization, is a good candidate for studies of processes underlying isolation and speciation, such as genetic exchange between previously isolated lineages. This is particularly relevant in the case of recent hybridization between an...

Abstract Supportive breeding programmes are becoming increasingly crucial for the conservation of many declining freshwater fishes such as European common nase, Chondrostoma nasus . However, small relict populations genetically highly vulnerable, and supportive can have a detrimental impact on genetic composition cultured offspring (e.g. result inbreeding, drift, adaptation to captivity). This ...

Bu çalışmada bir curustacea parazit türü olan Argulus foliaceus olgusu Türkiye'de Kunduzlar Baraj Gölü'nden (Kırka-Eskişehir) yedi balık üzerinde incelenmiştir; Alburnus escherichii, Barbus plebejus, Capoeta tinca, Carassius gibelio, Chondrostoma nasus, Cyprinus carpio, Squalius cephalus. Parazit, nasus hariç tüm konakçı türlerinin solungaçlarında, yüzgeçlerinde ve derisinde bulunmuştur. Enfekt...