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Fishes, Volume 3, Issue 1

2018 March - 17 articles

Cover Story: Scales play a crucial role in the protection of fish, but, as recent research has shown, they also provide other valuable information. Although many techniques have been used to analyze scales, certain structural features have still not been properly characterized. To obtain the most information possible from scales, new procedures should be applied to their study, and state-of-the-art techniques of microscopy are among the methods worth considering. In this work, Stereo Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy were used to characterize the scales taken from six body locations of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata—one of the most important fish in marine aquaculture). It was seen that the scales from the central parts of the skin are larger and the height of the circuli increases at the base of the dorsal fin and close to the head. Notable morphological differences are evident on the scale sizes and external microridges of the skin surface in contact with the skin mucus among different bo
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Articles (17)

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,998 Views
6 Pages

15 March 2018

For many species, the Mediterranean region harbors distinct lineages that are of conservation concerns. However, many of these are threatened by habitat degradation and by the introduction of non-native species. Here, we assess the status of the nati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,398 Views
14 Pages

7 March 2018

Streptococcus agalactiae and Aeromonas hydrophila have been recognized as the causative agents of mortality in tilapia larvae with single infection and coinfection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of maternal transfer and off...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
22,162 Views
11 Pages

5 March 2018

Aquatic fern Azolla pinnata comprises significant high food value with a good proportion of protein, vitamins, and minerals. This study was carried out to examine the effect of fresh A. pinnata as a substitution of commercial fish feed (CFF) for Thai...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
17,990 Views
12 Pages

22 February 2018

The Amazon sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis is native to the Amazon River basin. It has since expanded its range to North America, the Caribbean, and more recently to South Asia, as with some of its congeners. Our paper reviews recent data f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
9,519 Views
18 Pages

Sand Goby—An Ecologically Relevant Species for Behavioural Ecotoxicology

  • Davide Asnicar,
  • Giedrė Ašmonaitė,
  • Lina Birgersson,
  • Charlotta Kvarnemo,
  • Ola Svensson and
  • Joachim Sturve

20 February 2018

Locomotion-based behavioural endpoints have been suggested as suitable sublethal endpoints for human and environmental hazard assessment, as well as for biomonitoring applications. Larval stages of the sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) possess a num...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,494 Views
14 Pages

Growth, Survival and Spore Formation of the Pathogenic Aquatic Oomycete Aphanomyces astaci and Fungus Fusarium avenaceum Are Inhibited by Zanthoxylum rhoifolium Bark Extracts In Vitro

  • Caterina Pagliarulo,
  • Daniela Sateriale,
  • Elisa Scioscia,
  • Nunziatina De Tommasi,
  • Roberta Colicchio,
  • Chiara Pagliuca,
  • Elena Scaglione,
  • Japo Jussila,
  • Jenny Makkonen and
  • Marina Paolucci
  • + 1 author

15 February 2018

This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro activity of Zanthoxylum rhoifolium bark (Zr-b) extracts against pathogenic aquatic oomycete/fungal isolates that cause different diseases in native European crayfish resulting in an elevated mortality rate an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
9,328 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms on Fish: Insights from Prymnesium parvum

  • Morten Bo Søndergaard Svendsen,
  • Nikolaj Reducha Andersen,
  • Per Juel Hansen and
  • John Fleng Steffensen

14 February 2018

Blooms of the planktonic alga Prymnesium parvum pose a global threat, causing fish kills worldwide. Early studies on the exposure of fish to P. parvum indicate that toxic effects are related to gill damage. The more strictly defined concept of advers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,201 Views
8 Pages

6 February 2018

The effects of a peracetic acid-based disinfectant product (Aquastart®) were assessed on some hematological parameters, histological aspects and skin bacterial load of rainbow trout, likewise bacterial load of the rearing tank water. A total of 180 h...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,946 Views
9 Pages

Assessment of the Scales of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata L.) by Image Analysis and Atomic Force Microscopy

  • Francisco Casado,
  • Santiago Casado,
  • Diana Ceballos-Francisco and
  • María Ángeles Esteban

30 January 2018

Understanding the protective role of fish skin is critical to improving the development of aquaculture, since skin is the main surface that separates the animal from its always hazardous environment. Many techniques have been used for its study, but...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,982 Views
6 Pages

Head Kidney Transcriptome Analysis and Characterization for the Sub-Antarctic Notothenioid Fish Eleginops maclovinus

  • Danixa Martínez,
  • Juan Pablo Pontigo,
  • Francisco J. Morera,
  • Alejandro. Yañéz and
  • Luis Vargas-Chacoff

25 January 2018

This study describes de novo transcriptome sequencing and annotation analyses for the head kidney of the sub-Antarctic notothenioid fish Eleginops maclovinus, a sister group of the Antarctic notothenioid fish clade. Moreover, E. maclovinus is one of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,104 Views
13 Pages

Effects of the Dietary Tryptophan and Aspartate on the Immune Response of Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) after Stress

  • Daniel Gonzalez-Silvera,
  • Marcelino Herrera,
  • Inmaculada Giráldez and
  • María Ángeles Esteban

24 January 2018

Stress is one of the main problems of farmed fish, where it has been seen to result in a variety of disorders and negative effects. It is considered very important to minimize such effects and one option is the use of dietary additives. In the presen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,314 Views
6 Pages

22 January 2018

Neogobius melanostomus, the round goby, was recorded by underwater video feeding on crushed dreissenid mussels at a depth of 12 m in Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, a Laurentian Great Lake. In the video, gobies used rotational or twist feeding to tear aw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,398 Views
11 Pages

Preliminary Evaluation of Moniliformin as a Potential Threat for Teleosts

  • Rui A. Gonçalves,
  • Marco Tarasco,
  • Dian Schatzmayr and
  • Paulo Gavaia

16 January 2018

Aquaculture feed manufacturers and producers increasingly recognize the importance of mycotoxins, which contaminate plant-based meals used in compound aquafeeds, and their potential to negatively impact production. Though data on the worldwide occurr...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,453 Views
12 Pages

9 January 2018

Muxama is a traditional highly-valued food product prepared from dry-cured tuna loins in southern Portugal and Spain. The production procedure has seen little change over the last centuries. The muxama’s stability is due to reduced water activity. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,419 Views
19 Pages

5 January 2018

The harvesting of bait through digging in coastal mudflats is practiced for recreational and commercial purposes in European coastal systems including the Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon on the northwest Atlantic coast of Portugal. The scale of harvesti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,711 Views
9 Pages

4 January 2018

Replacement of fishmeal with plant ingredients will introduce not only plant oil and protein but also phytosterol to the fish diet. Mammals strictly restrict the uptake of phytosterol at intestinal epithelial cells by regulating the gene expressions...

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Fishes - ISSN 2410-3888