Ossifications associated with the gill filaments of members of the Balitoridae and Cobitidae are described for the first time. Although gill-filament ossifications are common in teleosts, similar ossifications were not observed in other members of the order Cypriniformes. Their presence is interpreted as a shared and derived character uniting the families Balitoridae and Cobitidae as a monophyl...

The stomach, which is characterized by acid peptic digestion in vertebrates, has been lost secondarily multiple times in the evolution of the teleost fishes. The Cypriniformes are largely seen as an agastric order; however, within the superfamily Cobitoidea, the closely related sister groups Nemacheilidae and Balitoridae have been identified as gastric families. The presence of these most recen...

Fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea sensu stricto (namely loaches) exhibit extremely high diversity of color patterns, but so far little is known about their evolutionary mechanism. Melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) plays an important role during the synthesis of melanin and formation of animal body color patterns. In this study, we amplified and sequenced the partial MC1R gene for 44 loach in...

Gyrodactylus latus Bychowsky, 1933 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) was found on fins of Cobitis elongatoides Bacescu et Maier, 1969 (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from tributaries of the Stobrawa River (Odra Basin, Silesia, Poland). It is new to the Polish parasite fauna; its description, measurements, and figures are presented.

Bu çalışmada, Küçük Menderes Nehri’nin güncel balık türlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Balık örneklemeleri, kaynaktan mansaba kadar, dört lotik ve beş lentik, dokuz istasyonda gerçekleştirilmiştir. Mevsimlik periyotlarda gerçekleştirilen örnekleme çalışması 2018 yılı içerisinde tamamlanmıştır. Örneklemeler, habitatlarda elektroşoker, lentik ise bentik ağlar tül ığrıp ile Çalışma sonucunda n...

cobitis avicennae is a new described species from iranian part of the tigris basin and little information is available on its different aspects of its biology and holomorphology. hence, this study was conducted to provide a detailed description of its osteological features. for this purpose, the specimens of c. avicennae were cleared and stained and a detailed description of its skeletal struct...