This map shows coastal regions where Smallmouth Bass are found. World-record smallmouth bass is 5.41 kg from Dale Hollow Lake (Tennessee/Kentucky), 1955 (IGFA all-tackle record). World-record ...
The morphological identification of several species of Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 (family Lutjanidae), popularly known as snappers, is hindered by the overlapping of meristic or morphometric traits, ...
Bluefin tunas (Thunnus spp.) inhabit pelagic waters of the Atlantic (including the Mediterranean), Pacific, and temperate Southern Hemisphere, migrating widely and spawning in warm subtropical seas.
Baliga, V. B., & Law, C. J. (2016). Cleaners among wrasses: phylogenetics and evolutionary patterns of cleaning behavior within Labridae. Molecular phylogenetics and ...
Identification: The Nile perch is a fresh water fish that generally grows between 85 and 100 centimeters and weighs between 2 and 4 kilograms. However, this predator has been captured and seen at a ...
Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means “perch-like”. They belong to the class of ...
Fish were caught by local fishermen in the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro (21-23°S, 42-45°W), Brazil. Hosts were mostly fresh, but some specimens were kept frozen at –20°C, until examination.
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), commonly obtained from salmon nasal cartilage, are a key ingredient of various health foods. As the popularity of health foods increases, scientists are ...
Paraliparis selti, or the Blue Atacama snailfish, lives in the hadal zone (waters deeper than 6,000 m) of the Atacama Trench in southeast Pacific Ocean. Snailfishes are members of Liparidae, a diverse ...
The Atacama Trench is a deep-water channel running along the Pacific coast of Chile and Peru, South America. In 2018, an international team of scientists used free-falling "landers" to study the ...
Marine benthic organisms are affected by various environmental stresses, including anthropogenic pollution. Changes in their ecological and physiological characteristics can provide critical insights ...