Mastacembelocleidus gen. n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) is proposed to include two species collected and redescribed from spiny eels (Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq: Mastacembelocleidus bam (Tripathi, 1959) comb. n. (syn. Ancyrocephalus bam Tripathi, 1959) from the gills of Macrognathus pancalus (new host record) and Macrognathus aculeatus (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from Lucknow...

This study was carried out between November 2013 and May 2015, to determine the fish fauna inhabited in Atatürk Dam lake. The specimens were obtained by different technical fishing gears. It determined that caught belonging 25 species (Capoeta trutta, Capoeta umbla, Cyprinon macrostomus, Arabibarbus grypus, Carasobarbus luteus, Carassius carassius, gibelio, Cyprinus carpio, Garra variabilis, Lu...

a total of 128 spiny eels mastacembelus mastacembelus (mastacembelidae) were collected from thegreater zab river at iski kalak town, west of erbil city, kurdistan region, iraq, from july 2007 to the end ofjune 2008. the fish were examined for ecto and endo parasites. the study revealed the existence of 16species of parasites (with a total prevalence of 89.06%) including: two species of protozoa...

Immunohistochemical methods identified serotonin, and the peptides bombesin and caerulein, in the skin of the teleosts Lepadogaster candollei and Mastacembelus erytrotaenia. In both species, the secretory content of epidermal sacciform cells reacted positively for all three substances. These results are compared with studies on the skin glands of amphibians, which also contain multiple active c...

A new subgenus, Gaboniellasubgen. n., of the genus Schaeferiana Stehlík, 2008, and its type species, Schaeferiana (Gaboniella) incompletasp. n. are described from Gabon. In addition the first state records of Sericocoris (Depressoculus) albomaculatus Stehlík, 2008 and Schaeferiana (Schaeferiana) mirabilis Stehlík, 2008 from the Central African Republic are provided.