the present study provides the first large scale survey on intertidal ichthyofauna along the coastline of iran from gawater bay (border of pakistan) in the gulf of oman to arvandkenar (border of iraq) in the persian gulf. this study was carried out in the years 2005-2006 at 15 stations, including mangrove, mudflat and rocky shores. specimens were collected at low tide from tide pools, using chl...

Epidermal mucus protein of marine catfish Tachysurus dussumier was screened for its anticancer properties. The mucus sample was collected and categorized as crude and partially purified. Crude and partially purified samples consist of 0.48 ± 0.02 mg/mL and 0.82 ± 0.05 mg/mL proteins, 1.15 ± 0.06 mg/mL and 0.54 ± 0.02 mg/mL carbohydrates and 0.78 ± 0.04 mg/mL and 0.32 ± 0.03 mg/mL of lipids resp...

An unusual and attractive pigmentation pattern mutation termed "salmon" has been identified in the United States in several captive colonies of the common neotropical boine snake boa constrictor [Boa constrictor (Boidae)]. Boa constrictors expressing the Sa pigmentation pattern appear to be restricted to regions of Panama. Animals with the Sa phenotype exhibit a sharp decrease in melanophore pi...

INTRODUCTION The present study identified the triatomines collected in intra and peri-domestic environments, observed the occurrence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in triatomines and correlated this information with housing conditions and the fauna associated with the rural areas of the City of Itabaianinha, located in the State of Sergipe, Brazil. METHODS Quarterly visits were conducted betw...

 This study describes length-weight relationships of five species (platycephalus indicus, Pseudorhombus elevates, Plicofollis tenuispinis, Grammoplites suppositus, Pomadays stridens) collected from Persian Gulf (Khuzestan province, Iran) during December 2009 to November 2011. A total of 2065 specimen were examined for this study. The relationship between weight and to...

to investigate the optimum conditions for extracting gelatin from whitecheek shark (carcharhinus dussumieri (skin, response surface methodology (rsm) has been adopted. in this research, the effect of naoh concentration (0.01-1 n), hcl concentration (0.01-1 n), and extraction time (3-8 h) on dependent variables, yield and melting point of the skin gelatin have been studied using central composit...

Differences in the allometric scaling between gut capacity (with body mass, BM¹·⁰⁰) and food intake (with BM⁰·⁷⁵) should theoretically result in a scaling of digesta retention time with BM⁰·²⁵ and therefore a higher digestive efficiency in larger herbivores. This concept is an important part of the so-called 'Jarman-Bell principle' (JBP) that explains niche differentiation along a body size gra...