Soheil Eagderi

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Tehran

Background and Objectives: Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) is considered to be among the commercially important species in the Persian Gulf waters. Understanding the distribution patterns of this migratory species is important for the effective management of its stocks. Point pattern analysis is an important statistical method used to examine th...

Habitat Suitability Index modeling (HSI) is a valuable tool in ecology that can be used to describe the relationship between abundance and environmental variables to evaluate the suitability of habitats. In this study, the habitat preference of Garra rezai was done using the kernel smoothing method in the Little Zab River in the four seasons of 202...

Understanding the early growth stages of a species plays an important role in its aquaculture management. In this study, the early development of the olfactory organ in Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) from hatching to 23 days post-hatch was investigated. For this purpose, after artificial reproduction of broodstock, larvae sampling was conduc...

Barbus cyri is one of the most abundant species in the Urmia Lake basin, being found across the basin. In this study, the impact of bioclimatic variables on future species distribution, as well as a shift in the species' response to several bioclimatic variables under the present and future conditions across various climatic scenarios, was quantifi...

We have been preparing, via deskwork, an updated checklist of Afghan fish species. Therefore, except for Coad (1981), all studies, including our updated checklist study, are desk-based studies. Based on our literature review, according to tentative figures, a total of 123 fish species live in six river basins in Afghanistan. The confirmed ichthyofa...

This study investigates the effect of weighting predictors on the performance of habitat suitability index (HSI) models using arithmetic mean (AMM) and geometric mean (GMM) methods. The case study focused on the catch data of Caspian Kutum (Rutilus frisii), with habitat parameters including day-time sea surface temperature, near-surface chlorophyll...

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the morphological changes of Cyprinion macrostomum in the spring, summer, and autumn and their relationship with the environmental factors in the Little Zab River. Methods: For this purpose, sampling was done seasonally in 6 stations with 3 repetitions. Then, to extract morphological data in the geometr...

To investigate the role of maternal Activin-like factors in the preservation of stemness and mesendoderm induction, their effects were promoted and inhibited using synthetic human Activin A or SB-505124 treatments, respectively, before the maternal to zygotic transition (MZT). To study the role of zygotic Activin-like factors, SB-505124 treatment w...

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of spatial resolution of data on distribution modelling performance for the Caspian Kutum, Rutilus frisii. A set of spatial resolutions (4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 km) were considered in the modelling analyses, using sea surface temperature, chlorophyll-a concentration, particulate organic carbon content,...

Models based on regression analyzes are used to express patterns of abundance and distribution of fish populations in relation to environmental parameters. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the habitat suitability indices of Oxynoemacheilus kiabii and O. karunensis from Alk River (sub-basin of Razavar and Karkheh basin). Sampling w...

The choice of temporal resolution has high importance in ecological modeling, which can greatly affect the identification of the main drivers of an organism's distribution, considering the spatiotemporal dynamism of environmental predictors as well as organisms’ abundance. The present study aimed to identify the spatiotemporal distribution patterns...

Objective: Assessment of influencing environmental fluctuations on organisms in aquatic ecosystems is of high importance in the management and conservation of them. The present study aimed to investigate ecological niche shifts of Caspian Kutum (Rutilus frisii) under the effects of environmental condition changes in southern waters of the Caspian S...

The Caspian kutum, Rutilus frisii, is an anadromous fish native to Iran and despite the development of its hatchery production, its larval development has been poorly described; hence describing its morphological growth pattern was the aim of this study. The Caspian kutum larval period in the early development was divided into three stages, namely...

The biodiversity of any region is the key to the stability and health of its natural environment. Measuring beta diversity is one of the key components of biodiversity. Freshwater ecosystems are more vulnerable to biodiversity loss due to destructive human activities. For this purpose, in the present study, beta biodiversity was measured in the fis...

Morphological diversity. This work aimed to investigate the morphological diversity of five species of P. syrman, P. gorlap, P. iranicus, P. patimari and P. hircaniaensis of the genus Ponticola (Gobiidae). For this purpose, the specimens of the studied species were sampled from different stations in the rivers of the southern basin of the Caspian S...

This work aimed to investigate the morphological variations and patterns of morphological adaptation to their habitat in five populations of Iranian goby, Ponticola iranicus (Gobiidae). For this purpose, samples were collected from Siah Darvishan, Shafarood, Rostam-Abad, Masal, and Asalem rivers, Guilan province, and then 20 morphometric characteri...

This study investigated morphological differences, habitat preference, and ecological niche overlap in two sympatric Capoeta species i.e., Capoeta. damascina and Capoeta umbla collected from the Sirvan river drainage. Ten environmental factors, including pH, temperature, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), river width, river...

In the first stage of the aquaculture program of a species, it is necessary to know the stages of its initial development. In artificial reproduction programs and after the fertilization stages, an important issue is the feeding of the larvae after the absorption of the yolk sac, because the greatest loss of fish occurs during the absorption of the...

Introduction: Recognizing temporal trends of fluctuations in fish stocks and using them to predict population changes in the future is one of the practical tools in fisheries stock management. The Caspian Kutum (Rutilus frisii) is the most important bony fish species in the southern Caspian Sea and has high conservation and commercial value. Howeve...

This work aimed to compare hybrid and non-hybrid populations of Hircanian goby (Ponticola hircaniaensis) from two rivers, Kabudval and Shirabad, Golestan Province, respectively. For this purpose, 20 morphometric characteristics were measured. To reveal the morphological differences between the studied populations, the morphological characteristics...

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The relationship between species and habitat is important in ecosystem-based fisheries management. Habitat suitability index (HSI) modelling is a valuable tool in ecology and can be used to describe the relationship between fish abundance and ecological variables in order to estimate the suitability of specific habitats. In the present study, the h...

The statistical models with the best performance in habitat suitability studies of fish species are of high importance. The present study compared the performance of linear (linear regression model (LM) and generalized linear model (GLM)) and non-linear models (artificial neural networks (ANN) and support vector machine (SVM)) in estimating habitat...

This work was conducted to study the morphological variation of longspine scraper (Paracapoeta trutta) in seven populations in the Iranina sub-basins of the Persian Gulf basin. Article link: https://jab.alzahra.ac.ir/lang=en&_action=article&keywords=zahra+mehrabani

The Konya endorheic basin covers a large area, and there are many different water habitats in this basin containing a high endemic fish diversity. A total of 39 fish species have been reported in this basin, with 27 (69.2%) being endemic to Türkiye and 19 local endemics exclusively distributed within this basin. When considering the IUCN categories...

Freshwater fishes have great importance in freshwater ecosystems and play various roles in ecosystems. Measuring the biodiversity of these fish is a key focus in many ecological studies. The measurement of biodiversity depends on the type of data and the study objectives and various methods have been developed to calculate it. This study aimed to c...

the current status of the freshwater fishes of Iraq is revised, and an updated checklist is presented. the confirmed freshwater fishes of Iraq comprise 98 species belonging to 16 orders, 28 families, and 56 genera. Among these, 21 species (21.4%) are alien, and three species (3.0%) are considered endemic to Iraq. the orders with the largest numbers...

This work was conducted to study the morphological variation of longspine scraper (Paracapoeta trutta) in five populations in the Iranina sub-basins of Sirwan, including Gavehrood, Uraman, Ebrahim-Abad, Gaveshan and Qaleh-Ji. For this purpose, 58 specimens were sampled using cast-net and electrofishing device. To extract morphological data in the g...

The current status of the freshwater fishes of Syria is revised, and an updated checklist is presented. The confirmed freshwater fishes of Syria comprise 108 species belonging to 15 orders, 25 families, and 51 genera. Among these, 11 species (10.2%) are alien, and six species (5.6%) are considered endemic to Syria. The orders with the largest numbe...

Co-occurring biodiversity and global heating crises are systemic threats to life on Earth as we know it, especially in relatively rare freshwater ecosystems, such as in Iran. Future changes in the spatial distribution and richness of 131 riverine fish species were investigated at 1481 sites in Iran under optimistic and pessimistic climate heating s...

Background and Objectives: In the present study, the morphological variation in seven catfish species of the genus Glyptothorax in the inland waters of Iran was studied using traditional and geometric morphometric methods. Methods: For this purpose, 182 specimens including 32 G. alidaeii, from the Seimare in the Karkheh drainage, 54 G. galaxies, fr...

The Sultan Marsh is home to the endemic spined loach, Cobitis joergbohleni. Since its populations have been steadily declining over the past forty years as a result of numerous ecological changes in its habitats, there is a greater need for conservation. This review summarises the information that is currently known about the taxonomy, ecology, dis...

n the conservation programs of aquatic ecosystems and fish stocks, understanding of the habitat preferences of aquatic species play an important role. In this regard, the study was aimed to investigate the habitat preference and habitat suitability index (HSI) of Chondrostoma regium in its distribution range in Zab River. A number of environmental...

Biodiversity conservation is one of the global concerns, so the comprehensive study of diversity and its possible risks are recognized as a tool for natural resource management. This study was carried out to investigate the diversity and abundance of fishes in the Masule River, the southern Caspian Sea basin. Samplings were carried out seasonally d...

The current status of the ichthyofauna of Afghanistan is revised, and an updated checklist is presented. The confirmed fishes of Afghanistan comprise 121 species belonging to 11 orders, 22 families, and 68 genera. Among these, 18 species (14.9%) are alien, and 7 species (5.8%) are considered endemic to Afghanistan. The orders with the largest numbe...

This study was conducted to provide information regarding the feeding habits of Garra rufa in the Little Zab River, West Azerbaijan. For this purpose, 87 specimens (61 males and 26 females) were collected monthly from November 2021 to October 2022 and transferred to the laboratory. The average condition factor for males was 1.42, for females 1.50,...

Seminemacheilus ahmeti is an endemic nemacheilid fish from the Sultan Marsh, an endorheic subbasin of Kızılırmak Basin, central Anatolia, Turkey. Its populations have been declining gradually during the last four decades due to various ecological changes in its habitats, leading to increased concern and the need for conservation. This study reviews...

Knowledge of habitat requirements of aquatic animals plays an important role in fisheries and protection programs of aquatic ecosystems. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the suitability indices of habitat use and habitat suitability index (HSI) of Cyprinion macrostomum in its distribution range, Zab River. A number of environmental va...

In the present study, the morphological variation and some biological parameters (growth pattern and condition factor) of 46 specimens of Chondrostoma regium collected from the Gamasiab, Dinevar, Qarasu and Zab rivers were analyzed in 2021. A total of 22 morphometric and 6 meristic characteristics were measured and counted, respectively. To investi...

We listed 28 exotic fish species belonging to 22 genera, 15 families and 12 orders for Iranian part of the southern Caspian Sea basin, based on published records and specimens collected between 2000 and 2023. Their native distribution ranges, as well as occurrences in the Iranian waters are given, and the presence of four species is recorded for th...

It is important to study and investigate exotic species to protect their stocks. This study was carried out to investigate the morphological change in Chelon saliens populations from southern basin of the Caspian Sea. For this purpose, during 2020-2021, by beach seine nets, 238 specimens were collected from seven costs including Astara (35 samples)...

Concentrations of Cd, Ni, and Pb were measured in the liver and muscle tissues of benthic omnivorous (Barbus grypus) and pelagic herbivorous (Tenualosa ilisha) fish collected from two sampling sites along the Karoon River, Khuzestan Province, southwest of Iran. Potential human health risks were evaluated by measuring the estimated daily intake (EDI...

The aim of this study was to report a new locality for invasive mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki in Iranian inland waters. In this study, the presence of G. holbrooki is reported in Kouski Spring located in the desert area of Yazd Province in the central plateau of Iran. Due to the special characteristics of invasive mosquitofish including small siz...

The habitat suitability index can be applied to predict the distribution of living organisms in the aquatic ecosystem i.e. it can reveal their correlation with environmental factors. By examining the relationship between the habitat suitability index and the ecological niche of a species, important findings can be obtained from the functional aspec...

The present study aimed to assess the performance of generalized additive (GLM) and random forest (RF) models in predicting Caspian kutum (Rutilus kutum) catch distribution. Kutum catch per unit of effort (CPUE) data was used as the response variable, and remotely-sensed data of five environmental parameters were used as model predictors, including...

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the length and weight (LWR) of 15 Oxynoemacheilus species i.e. Oxynoemacheilus bergianus, O. brandtii, O. chomanicus, O. euphraticus, O. elsae, O. frenatus, O. karunensis, O. kiabii, O. kurdistanicus, O. longipinnis, O. parvinae, O. persa, O. marunensis, O. zagrosensis, and O. zarzianu...

This study was conducted to investigate the sexual dimorphism of Cyprinion macrostomum in the Little Zab River using traditional and geometric morphometric methods. For this purpose, during 2021, 37 specimens (21 females and 16 males) were collected using an electrofishing device. After determining the sex of the collected specimens, 18 morphometri...

The feeding characteristics of Alburnus sellal in the Little Zab River, west Azarbaijan Province, Iran were studied from November 2021 to October 2022. The specimens were collected and anesthetized in 1% clove oil, fixed in 10% buffered formalin, and transferred to the laboratory. The average condition factor for males and females was 0.85 showing...

The Mesopotamian spiny eel, Mastacembelus mastacembelus, an endemic freshwater fish restricted to the Euphrates and Tigris river drainages of Mesopotamian, and its related taxa in Afrotropica and South Asia present suitable elements for studies of the evolutionary history of mastacembelids across these heterogeneous areas. To understand and clarify...

Species distribution models can predict species occurrences in areas where no data is available by finding relationships between occurrences and environmental parameters. In this study, we applied a fuzzy rule-based system to model the spatial distribution of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea and predict the probability of its presence throughout...

The genus Aphanius belong to the family Aphaniidae which is widely distributed in the Mediterranean basin, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and brackish and freshwaters of Iran, Pakistan and India. To date, 14 species have been described under the genus Aphanius, in Iran. Currently, due to human-induced disturbance activities (hydrological alteration,...

This study investigate investigated the length-weight, length-length relationships and condition factor of eight fish species collected from Bashar River, Tigris drainage by sampling 341 specimens of Alburnus sellal (Heckel, 1843), Barbus karunensis (Khaefi, Esmaeili, Geiger & Eagderi, 2017), Capoeta aculeate (Valenciennes, 1844), Capoeta coadi (Al...

The distribution of Caspian Kutum, Rutilus kutum, an economically important fish species with a limited understanding of its ecology, was investigated along the southern Caspian Sea coast to identify the environmental drivers of its occurrence. The environmental predictors including sea surface temperature, chlorophyll-a concentration, particulate...

Garra rezai, new species, is described from the Chooman, a tributary of the Lesser Zab in Iran, and from headwaters of the Yanarsu, a tributary of the upper Tigris in Turkey. It is distinguished from its congeners in the Garra variabilis species group by having two pairs of barbels, a well-developed mental disc, 35-40 total scales along the lateral...

Farming and trading of aquarium fish has been considered a popular pastime in the world. Most of Iran's aquarium fish are imported from Asian countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Fish lice (Argulus) is known as one of the most important and common ectoparasites in ornamental fish. Reports indicate that these parasites have...

Some recent works have proposed that Capoeta ekmekciae from the Çoruh River and C. capoeta from the Kura‐Aras River system are synonyms based on molecular data, which prompted this study to compare their morphometric, meristic and molecular data to investigate this hypothesis. Based on the results, the C. ekmekciae form displays morphometric and me...

In the present study, we studied the morphological variations in four populations of Oxynoemacheilus angorae distributed in three basins of Turkish inland waters using a geometric morphometric technique. For this purpose, a total of 55 specimens were collected from the Kızılırmak, Sakarya and Marmara basins. To extract body shape data, the left sid...

This study provides a detailed description of osteological characters of Turcinoemacheilus saadii with an attempt to evaluate their significance for the grouping of different genera. In general, a comparative osteological analysis of T. saadii and other previously studied species of Turcinoemacheilus and the related genus Paraschistura, as well as...

The future changes in the spatial distribution and richness of 131 riverine fish species were investigated at 1481 sites in Iran under optimistic and pessimistic climate change scenarios of 2050 and 2080. The maximum entropy model was used to predict species’ potential distribution under current and future climate conditions. The hydrologic unit (H...

Cobitis indus, new species, from the Dalaman River drainage, is distinguished from other Cobitis species in the eastern Aegean Sea basin by having two laminae circularis, a bifurcate suborbital spine, a narrow caudal peduncle, pigmentation zone 4 with 17-24 small blotches often fused into a stripe, pigmentation below Z4 usually absent, and one blac...

Length-weight relationships (L-WRs) and condition factors were estimated for eight exotic fish species, including Oreochromis niloticus, Coptodon zillii, Carassius auratus, C. gibelio, Pseudorasbora parva, Gambusia holbrooki, Lepomis gibbosus, and Oncorhynchus mykiss from 10 basins of Turkish inland waters. A total of 1958 specimens were sampled in...

Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus is an endemic stone loach species in Choman River drainage distributing in its different tributies. To evaluated the morphological variation of body shape between diverse populations of this species using the geometrics morphometric technique, a total of 16 landmark points were digitized on 92 specimens collected from Ban...

This study aimed to compare the body shape of five populations of Salmo trutta collected from the Namak Lake, Urmia Lake, and the Caspian Sea basins, using the geometric morphometric technique. To this purpose, a total of 130 specimens were sampled from Liqvan-Chai, Mardoogh, Karaj, Jajrud and Haraz rivers using electrofishing. The left side of the...

Oxynoemacheilus zarzianus was described from the Lesser Zab River drainage in Iraqi Kurdistan. Here, we report this species for the first time from the Iranian part of the Sirvan River drainage based on morphological and mtDNA COI barcode sequence characters.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary BetaPlus® Ultra (BP Ultra) probiotic on fecundity, fertilization, hatching, larvae survival rates and interval times among continuous spawning in the Angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare). For this purpose, three experimental diet treatments were applied to Angel brood stocks as follow: an...

Sabanejewia is a member of the family Cobitidae found in Europe and Asia. In previous studies, S. balcanica, S. caucasica, S. aurata and S. caspia were reported from Turkey. Of these S. aurata and S. caspia were reported from the Kura-Aras Basin. We examined morphological characters and molecular data of the Sabanejewia specimens from Turkish parts...

This study aimed to provide the length–weight relations and condition factors of 34 Oxynoemacheilus species from the inland waters of Turkey: Oxynoemacheilus anatolicus Erk’akan, Özeren et Nalbant, 2008; Oxynoemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897); Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma (Heckel, 1847); Oxynoemacheilus arsaniasus Freyhof, Kaya, Turan et Gei...

Mystus cyrusi, new species, is described from the Kol River drainage which flows to the Straits of Hormuz in southern Iran. It is distinguished from its closest relative, Mystus pelusius from the Tigris-Euphrates River system by a combination of characters: The maxillary barbel short, not reaching to beyond pelvic fin (vs. extends as far as anal fi...

The present study was conducted to determine the body shape variation among the populations of Iranian goby (P. Iranicus) in the southern Caspian Sea basin using landmark-based geometric morphometrics. A total of 350 specimens of the species were sampled using electro-shocker, and in the laboratory, the left sides of the fish samples were photograp...

The present study was conducted to investigate the morphological patterns of Alburnus sellal in the sub-basins of little Zab and Sirvan rivers, Tigris river drainage using the geometric morphometric method. To this end, a total of 110 specimens (60 from the little Zab River, West Azerbaijan province, and 50 from the Sirvan River, Kurdistan province...

Functional morphological traits allow researchers to obtain fundamental information about biology, ecology and biogeography of fishes. Hence, this study was aimed to compare the morphological characteristics of different populations of Ponticola gorlap in 6 ecosystems in Iran [Tonekabon River (1), Siahrood (2), Khairud (3), Babolrood, (4), Gisum (5...

For osteological studying of Paraschistura delvarii, thirty-three specimens of this species were collected from Gharah-aghaj river in Gulf basin (Fars Provance) by electro shocker. Fish were preserve 10% formaldehyde. Osteological studies were performed on all specimens following transportation to the laboratory samples were cleared and stained. Th...

With the the support of the University of Guilan and the Iranian Society of Ichthyology, the "Ninth National and the First International Iranian Conference of Ichthyology" with the goal of exchanging ideas, synergy and updating knowledge in various areas of fish biodiversity, conservation of native fish species and protection of aquatic ecosystems...

The current status of the inland waters ichthyofauna of Iran is revised and updated. A total of 292 fish species belong to 3 classes, 24 orders, 36 families and 106 genera inhabit the inland waters of Iran. Among these, 29 species (9.9%) are exotic and 102 species (35%) are endemic. Orders with the largest numbers of species in the ichthyofauna of...

Capoeta raghazensis, new species, is described from the Raghaz Canyon, Hormuz basin, southern Iran. It is distinguished from its congeners in Iran by having one pair of barbels, a moderately ossified last unbranched dorsal-fin ray which smaller than head length; no black spots on head, body and dorsal fin; 69-77 lateral line scales; 11-13 scales be...

Schizothorax prophylax (Pietschmann, 1933) and Capoeta pestai (Pietschmann, 1933) were described from the Egirdir Lake, western Mediterranean basin and C. mauricii Küçük, Turan, Şahin & Gülle, 2009 from the Beysehir Lake, the Konya endorheic basin. This study aimed to test the synonymy hypothesis of C. mauricii and C. pestai as suggested based on p...

Alburnus heckeli Battalgil 1944 is endemic to Lake Hazar in the Euphrates-Tigris River system (Persian Gulf basin) and shares morphological and molecular characters with the widespread species A. sellal Heckel 1843, except putatively for the number of gill rakers. This study compared morphometric and meristic data for A. heckeli with lentic and lot...

In this study, the length-weight relationships (LWRs) and condition factors were estimated for 445 specimens belonging to three gobiid species viz. Ponticola bathybius (Kessler, 1877), Neogobius caspius (Eichwald, 1831) and Neogobius pallasi (Berg, 1916) from the Southern Caspian Sea basin. Total length and total weight of the examined specimens ra...

In the present study, the length-weight relationships (LWRs) of 148 specimens representing four species, including 20 specimens of Pseudorhombus javanicus, 70 Plicofollis dussumieri, 28 Scarus persicus and 30 S. fuscopurpureus collected from the Persian Gulf were estimated. The LWRs equations were found as W= 0.67×L 2.23 for P. javanicus, W= 0.05×L...

Five new species of Glyptothorax are described from Iran. Glyptothorax alidaeii, new species, from the Seimare in the Karkheh drainage, G. galaxias, new species, from the upper Karun drainage, G. hosseinpanahii, new species, from the Zohreh drainage, G. pallens, new species, from the Sirvan drainage, and G. shapuri, new species, from Shapur in the...

In the present study, the development and evolution of Aphanius kavirensis ovaries during 7 months of sampling was investigated. After sampling by dip net, the samples were examined for gonad development based on morphological and histological characteristics. Tissue sections were prepared according to the usual paraffin method. The results show th...

In this study, for the first time, we provide morphometric and meristic data on Petroleuciscus ulanus from the Lake Urmia basin by comparing them in the populations of the Mahabad-Chai and Godar-Chai rivers. For this purpose, a total of 100 specimens were collected using electrofishing device and cast net during 2014 and 2015. 19 morphometric and 8...

This study was aimed to determine the length-weight relationships and Fulton’s condition factors of the genus Seminemacheilus that is endemic for Turkey. The specimens were collected from 2017 to 2019 using an electrofishing device (SAMUS 1000MP). The total length and the total weight of the examined specimens ranged from 3.5 to 9.1 cm and from 0.3...

The present study aimed to investigate the distribution status and ecological effects of the introduction of three major invasive fish species viz. Hemiculter leucisculus, Carassius auratus and Pseudorasbora parva in Iran. This review provides useful information about non-native species for readers. This research can play an important role to prote...

To investigate the role of maternal Activin-like factors in the preservation of stemness and mesendoderm induction, their effects were promoted and inhibited using synthetic human Activin A or SB-505124 treatments, respectively, before the maternal to zygotic transition (MZT). To study the role of zygotic Activin-like factors, SB-505124 treatment w...

Fish shape is influenced by variable environmental parameters and in morphological studies, the relationship between the morphological features and environmental parameters are barely investigated. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the body shape of Namak Whitefish (Squalius namak) being influenced from environmental factors of the...

Activin-like factors control many developmental processes, including pluripotency maintenance and differentiation. Although Activin-like factors' action in mesendoderm induction has been demonstrated in zebrafish, their involvement in preserving the stemness remains unknown. To investigate the role of maternal Activin-like factors, their effects we...

This study aimed to find morphological traits to discriminate four species of the genus Cobitis in Iran using geometric morphometric method. For this purpose, a total of 65 specimens were captured from Sefid (C. saniae), Siah (C. faridpaki), Maloosjan (C. linea) and Gamasiab (C. avicennae) rivers using electrofishing device. To extract the body sha...

Understanding the habitat preference of riverine species is important in their management to protect their habitat. This study aimed to investigate the habitat preference of the Sefid river loach, Oxynemacheilus bergianus in Jajroud River by comparing its preference in autumn and winter. For this purpose, elevation, depth, water current velocity, r...

This work was conducted to evaluate the morphological variations of eleven species of the genus Alburnoides in Iran using geometric morphometric method. For this purpose, all species were sampled from different stations of six inland water basins. After photographing from their left side, 16 landmark-points were digitized on their images using tpsD...

The study provides the first detailed evidence for the occurrence of Oxynoemacheilus cf. elsae Eagderi, Jalili & Cicek, 2018 and O. bergianus (Derjavin, 1934) in the Turkish parts of the Kura-Aras River system by reporting molecular (COI barcoding) and morphometric data. The taxonomic status of species of the genus Oxynoemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalba...

This study was conducted to provide length-weight (LWRs), length-length (LLRs) relationships and condition factor of Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis from seven habitats belonging to three inland water basins of Turkey. A total of 166 specimens were collected from Yıldızeli, Taşköprü, Suşehri (Kizilirmak basin), Büyükpotuklu, Pınarbaşı and Örenşehir (Se...

Capoeta kosswigi was described from Lake Van basin, Turkey, being close to C. damascina and C. umbla. It is distinguished from them by a pointed snout and a small horseshoe-shaped mouth, and differing from C. damascina by having smaller scales, and from the C. umbla by processing larger scales. In this study, we tested the suggested synonymy hypoth...

In this study the morphometric and meristic characteristics of 98 specimens of Garra rufa collected from the Gamasiab, Aran, and Dinvar Rivers (Karkheh River drainage) and Bazoft and Armand rivers (Karun River drainage). The samples were transferred to the Lab after anesthesia and fixed into the buffered formalin 10%. Thirty-three morphometric and...