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Fishes, Volume 8, Issue 8

2023 August - 43 articles

Cover Story: Welfare assessment is currently less well-characterized for aquatic animals, and the classical methodologies used for terrestrial animals are not adequate for fish. Here, we present the state of the art on fish welfare, with a focus on the two main Mediterranean aquaculture species, introducing immunological and physiological stress indicators, growth performance and swimming activity to stress assessment. The new insights presented affirm the importance of using this approach, thus contributing to the improvement of aquaculture and underlining the need to analyze certain aspects that are sometimes underestimated, which can influence fish production and contribute to achieving the objectives of the blue economy. View this paper
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Articles (43)

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,421 Views
31 Pages

Profiling Genetic Breeding Progress in Bagrid Catfishes

  • Lishi Huang,
  • Guosong Zhang,
  • Yupeng Zhang,
  • Xinlan Li,
  • Zhong Luo,
  • Wenyu Liu,
  • Fu Luo,
  • Haifeng Liu,
  • Shaowu Yin and
  • Quanquan Cao
  • + 2 authors

21 August 2023

The Bagridae fish family holds significant economic value and enjoys a high demand in the commercial market due to its desirable characteristics, such as delicious meat, fewer muscle spines, and a pleasing flavor. In recent years, the Bagridae has ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,171 Views
12 Pages

20 August 2023

As an important freshwater species with economic and ecological benefits, silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) exhibits poor tolerance to hypoxia. Glucose transporters (GLUTs) are core membrane proteins that transport glucose to tissues and regu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,153 Views
16 Pages

PAHs, Physicochemical and Microbiological Analyses of Trout Processed by Traditional Smoking, in Different Types of Packaging

  • Alexandru Sava,
  • Paul Uiuiu,
  • Călin Lațiu,
  • Daniel Cocan,
  • George-Cătălin Muntean,
  • Tudor Papuc,
  • Andrada Ihuț,
  • Camelia Răducu,
  • Anca Becze and
  • Vioara Mireșan
  • + 3 authors

19 August 2023

Smoking represents one of the oldest thermic processing methods of fish, and it was originally used to preserve fish for later meals, delaying spoiling. The objective of this study was to analyze the physicochemical and microbiological safety and qua...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,588 Views
13 Pages

18 August 2023

Fish meal (FM) constitutes the main, expensive component in aquatic diets. However, the supply of FM is no longer sufficient to sustain global aquaculture production. This study had the primary goal of assessing if the replacement of FM with enzymati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,941 Views
16 Pages

Productivity of Fish and Crop Growth and Characteristics of Bacterial Communities in the FLOCponics System

  • Ju-Ae Hwang,
  • Jun Seong Park,
  • Hae Seung Jeong,
  • Hyeongsu Kim and
  • Seung-Yoon Oh

18 August 2023

Aquaponics (AP) and biofloc technology (BFT) systems rely heavily on bacterial communities to break down organic matter and cycle nutrients that are essential for fish and plant growth. The functional roles of bacterial communities in aquaculture sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
12,670 Views
12 Pages

Sex Differences in Fatty Acid Composition of Chinese Tongue Sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) Tissues

  • Jiahao Liu,
  • Feiran Zhang,
  • Qiang Ma,
  • Yuliang Wei,
  • Mengqing Liang and
  • Houguo Xu

17 August 2023

The fatty acid accumulation in fish tissues are closely related to fish sex, yet the sex differences in fish fatty acids have not been fully known. This experiment investigated the sex differences in fatty acid composition of Chinese tongue sole (Cyn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,382 Views
11 Pages

17 August 2023

Mugil cephalus is an estuarine species that has been shown to acclimate to a diversity of environmental conditions being a good candidate to diversify aquaculture. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth and water quality of M. cephalu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,761 Views
15 Pages

The Effects of Porphyra yezoensis Polysaccharides on Intestinal Health of Spotted Sea Bass, Lateolabrax maculatus

  • Hao Lin,
  • Sishun Zhou,
  • Zhangfan Huang,
  • Jianrong Ma,
  • Lumin Kong,
  • Yi Lin,
  • Zhongying Long,
  • Huihui Qin,
  • Longhui Liu and
  • Zhongbao Li
  • + 1 author

15 August 2023

Porphyra yezoensis polysaccharides (PPs) have biological activities such as promoting digestion, functioning as antioxidants, and improving intestinal health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of PPs on the intestinal health o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,440 Views
23 Pages

Epidemiology of Turbot (Scophthalmus maeoticus) Bacterial Contamination, a Fishery Limiting Factor on the Romanian Black Sea

  • Aurelia Țoțoiu,
  • Neculai Patriche,
  • Victor Niță,
  • Elena Sîrbu,
  • Floricel Maricel Dima,
  • Magda Ioana Nenciu and
  • Veta Nistor

15 August 2023

The aim of this research was to evaluate the health status of the Scophthalmus maeoticus (Pallas, 1814) population from the Romanian marine area in 2016–2019, by identifying and investigating information about bacterial and constitutional disea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,617 Views
15 Pages

Evaluating the Bioremediation Capacity of the Polychaete Perinereis gualpensis (Jeldes, 1963) for Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Sludge

  • Silvia Gómez,
  • Gabriele Lara,
  • Carlos Felipe Hurtado,
  • René Espinoza Alvarado,
  • Jayro Gutiérrez,
  • José Carlos Huechucoy,
  • Guillermo Valenzuela-Olea and
  • Alice Turner

15 August 2023

The potential of polychaetes for the bioremediation of aquaculture sludge gained more attention in recent years. These organisms can reduce organic matter and nutrients contained in the sludge of several aquaculture species, improving the sustainabil...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,451 Views
13 Pages

Molecular Cloning and Gene Expression of Type I Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling 6 and 7 (SOCS6 and SOCS7) in Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

  • Gunasekara Chathura Wikumpriya,
  • Madhuranga Walawedurage Srinith Prabhatha,
  • Jiye Lee and
  • Chan-Hee Kim

14 August 2023

Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) genes are essential negative regulators that modulate cytokine signaling and play key roles in numerous biological processes, including immune responses. In this study, we cloned the complementary DNA (cDNA) se...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,795 Views
9 Pages

Development of a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Method for Rapid and Accurate Identification of Girella punctata and G. leonina (Teleostei: Girellidae)

  • Eun-Mi Kim,
  • Mi-Nan Lee,
  • Chun-Mae Dong,
  • Jae-Koo Noh,
  • Eun-Soo Noh,
  • Woo-Jin Kim,
  • Bo-Hye Nam and
  • Young-Ok Kim

12 August 2023

Girella punctata and Girella leonina are economically important species found in the East Sea; along the southern coast of Korea; south of Hokkaido, Japan; around Taiwan; and in the East China sea. In Korea, these two species hold high value, particu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
13,884 Views
36 Pages

Fish Welfare in Aquaculture: Physiological and Immunological Activities for Diets, Social and Spatial Stress on Mediterranean Aqua Cultured Species

  • Mariano Dara,
  • Pierluigi Carbonara,
  • Claudia La Corte,
  • Daniela Parrinello,
  • Matteo Cammarata and
  • Maria Giovanna Parisi

12 August 2023

Welfare assessment currently is less well-characterized for aquatic animals and the classical methodologies used for terrestrial animals are not adequate to improve our knowledge about fish well-being. Among different approaches, the status of organi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,708 Views
14 Pages

12 August 2023

This study was conducted to evaluate the oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPC) in alleviating the detrimental effects of intestinal health caused by dietary histamine in juvenile American eels (Anguilla rostrata). A total of 480 fish with a similar body...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,237 Views
26 Pages

Age, Growth, and Functional Gonochorism with a Twist of Diandric Protogyny in Goliath Grouper from the Atlantic Coast of Florida

  • Debra J. Murie,
  • Daryl C. Parkyn,
  • Christopher C. Koenig,
  • Felicia C. Coleman,
  • Christopher R. Malinowski,
  • Jessica A. Cusick and
  • Robert D. Ellis

11 August 2023

The lack of data on the age, growth, and reproduction of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara off the coasts of Florida (USA) makes it difficult to estimate the extent of their population recovery following the 1990 fishery closure, as we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,654 Views
16 Pages

Current and Historical Genetic Variability of Native Brown Trout Populations in a Southern Alpine Ecosystem: Implications for Future Management

  • Caterina M. Antognazza,
  • Anja Palandaćić,
  • Giovanni B. Delmastro,
  • Giuseppe Crosa and
  • Serena Zaccara

10 August 2023

The highly polymorphic taxon European brown trout (genus Salmo) has high phenotypic plasticity, displaying a complex pattern of morphological and life-history variation, contributing to taxonomic confusion. Three main mitochondrial lineages (Adriatic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,306 Views
12 Pages

10 August 2023

The baseline data pertaining to the population of the East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri) in Chinese waters are significantly deficient. Boat-based visual line transect surveys were conducted from 2018 to 2020 to evalua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,264 Views
19 Pages

Potential Effects of Microalgae-Supplemented Diets on the Growth, Blood Parameters, and the Activity of the Intestinal Microbiota in Sparus aurata and Mugil cephalus

  • Jorge García-Márquez,
  • Marta Domínguez-Maqueda,
  • Miguel Torres,
  • Isabel M. Cerezo,
  • Eva Ramos,
  • Francisco Javier Alarcón,
  • Juan Miguel Mancera,
  • Juan Antonio Martos-Sitcha,
  • Miguel Ángel Moriñigo and
  • María Carmen Balebona

9 August 2023

This work aimed to assess the suitability of a microalgal blend as a dietary ingredient for feeding juveniles of marine carnivorous and herbivorous teleost, as is the case of Sparus aurata and Mugil cephalus, respectively, and to isolate microorganis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,552 Views
14 Pages

Antioxidant Defense of Mytilus galloprovincialis Mussels Induced by Marine Heatwaves in Correlation with Marteilia Pathogen Presence

  • Athanasios Lattos,
  • Dimitrios K. Papadopoulos,
  • Konstantinos Feidantsis,
  • Ioannis A. Giantsis,
  • Ioannis Georgoulis,
  • Dimitrios Karagiannis and
  • Basile Michaelidis

8 August 2023

Background: The effects of climate change negatively affect marine bivalves’ health. Lately, the intensity of marine heatwaves poses serious threats to the aquatic environment setting of high-risk bivalve farming. Since temperature increases ca...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,245 Views
19 Pages

6 August 2023

Southern swordtail fishes, which belong to the viviparous teleosts called Xiphophorus, are unique models for studies of evolution of sex chromosomes. Monofactorial sex-determining systems, with either the male or the female being the heterogametic se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,099 Views
20 Pages

4 August 2023

Post-mortem ovarian tissue degradation from handling effects, such as delays in preservation, can lead to inaccurate reproductive assessments. Therefore, it is important to understand the differences between handling effects and natural ovarian atres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,080 Views
14 Pages

4 August 2023

In fish, the immune system plays a crucial role in defending against pathogen-induced infections. The interleukin 17 (IL-17) family, which is a well-studied class of cytokines, serves as a key component of the immune response against external pathoge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,648 Views
17 Pages

Soy Lecithin Supplementation Promotes Growth and Increases Lipid Digestibility in GIFT Nile Tilapia Raised at Suboptimal Temperature

  • Rosana Oliveira Batista,
  • Bianca Leticia Richter,
  • Jorge Filipe Banze,
  • Delano Dias Schleder,
  • Maria Salhi,
  • Renata Oselame Nobrega,
  • Maria Fernanda Oliveira da Silva,
  • Bruna Mattioni,
  • James Eugene Pettigrew and
  • Débora Machado Fracalossi

3 August 2023

Soy lecithin (SL) is a source of phospholipids, which play a crucial role in determining cell membrane structure, fluidity, and functionality. This study investigated the effects of dietary SL on the performance, nutrient digestibility, and body comp...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,216 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of a Prefabricated Fish Passage Design for Great Plains Fishes

  • Ryan M. Fitzpatrick,
  • David W. Longrie,
  • Ryan J. Friebertshauser and
  • H. Paul Foutz

3 August 2023

Connectivity is critical for stream fish persistence, and fish passage structures are a useful conservation tool to reconnect fragmented systems. The design of fish passage structures is a tradeoff between the area available for construction, slope,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,575 Views
27 Pages

3 August 2023

The eastern Mediterranean Sea is one of the most invaded marine ecosystems due to the introduction of Lessepsian species, which migrated from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea following the construction of the Suez Canal. Some of these species may...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,422 Views
17 Pages

2 August 2023

In this study, we determined the biological characteristics and indices of abundance and biomass of two demersal species, turbot and thornback ray, through a scientific trawl survey of Bulgarian Black Sea waters in the autumn of 2020. Turbot is among...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,442 Views
14 Pages

2 August 2023

Despite the global decline in marine species biodiversity, relatively few countries have enacted national endangered and threatened species legislation. Tailoring an adequate legislative framework with clear objectives and regulations consistent with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,491 Views
24 Pages

Spawning Migrations of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper along the Florida Atlantic Coast

  • Robert D. Ellis,
  • Christopher C. Koenig,
  • James V. Locascio,
  • Christopher R. Malinowski and
  • Felicia C. Coleman

1 August 2023

Atlantic goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara), the largest reef fish in the Western Atlantic, exhibit high site fidelity to home reefs but also undertake annual migrations to distant spawning sites. Once relatively common throughout Florida and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,954 Views
17 Pages

1 August 2023

Pseudomonas plecoglossicida is the pathogen of visceral white spot disease in marine fish, which usually occurs at 16–19 °C and has resulted in heavy economic losses. Our previous RNA sequencing revealed that the expression of the fliL gene in P. ple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,719 Views
14 Pages

31 July 2023

Recently, our in vitro study on the effects of plasma-activated simulated seawater (PASW) demonstrated its potential as a novel, alternative disinfectant in oyster depuration. In this current study, PASW’s physicochemical and antimicrobial prop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,293 Views
18 Pages

The Low Ontogenetic Diet Diversity and Flexibility of the Pike-Perch, Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osteichthyes, Percidae): A Case Study

  • Aminat K. Alieva,
  • Botagoz M. Nasibulina,
  • Shima Bakhshalizadeh,
  • Tatyana F. Kurochkina,
  • Nikolai N. Popov,
  • Bekzhan I. Barbol,
  • Doru Bănăduc,
  • Nurgul M. Jussupbekova,
  • Gulnur A. Kuanysheva and
  • Attaala M. Ali

31 July 2023

This study reveals the diet of pike-perch from two habitats within the Tersko-Caspian region. The feeding habits of pike-perch in the Sulak and Terek rivers and Tersko-Caspian region were investigated based on 354 specimens sampled monthly from a com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,483 Views
8 Pages

30 July 2023

Reliable data on Atlantic Goliath Grouper abundance are prerequisite to informed management decisions, particularly as the State of Florida reopened a limited harvest on the species in 2023 after a 32-year moratorium. Limited data exist for this purp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,985 Views
12 Pages

Comparison of Growth Performance and Muscle Nutrition Levels of Juvenile Siniperca scherzeri Fed on an Iced Trash Fish Diet and a Formulated Diet

  • Maoyuan Wang,
  • Mingyong Lai,
  • Tian Tian,
  • Meiying Wu,
  • Yinhua Liu,
  • Ping Liang,
  • Liuting Huang,
  • Zhiqing Qin,
  • Xiaojun Ye and
  • Honggui Huang
  • + 1 author

27 July 2023

To assess the possibility of using a formulated diet instead of an iced trash fish diet for feeding spotted mandarin fish (Siniperca scherzeri), a 20-week feeding trial was conducted. The objective of the study was to examine the effects of the formu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,417 Views
13 Pages

Estuarine-Specific Migration of Glass Eels in the Ems Estuary

  • Jeroen B. J. Huisman,
  • Henry J. Kuipers,
  • Leopold A. J. Nagelkerke,
  • Peter Paul Schollema and
  • Inge van der Knaap

27 July 2023

Understanding recruitment of glass eels in estuaries is crucial for the conservation of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). However, basic knowledge on estuarine-specific glass eel migration, including in estuarine harbours, is mostly lacking. Ther...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,094 Views
17 Pages

Exploring Consumer Behavior and Preferences toward White Shrimp in Taiwan

  • Hao-Tang Jhan,
  • Hsin-Ta Lee,
  • Kuo-Huan Ting and
  • Wen-Hong Liu

27 July 2023

This study identifies and explores the key factors and issues that influence Taiwanese consumer behavior and preferences when it comes to the consumption of white shrimp. It aims to increase consumer confidence in, and purchase intention for, private...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,558 Views
18 Pages

Catch per Unit Effort of Decapod Species, C. pagurus and H. gammarus, from a Voluntary Marine Reserve

  • Blair Alexander Andrew Easton,
  • Kevin Scott,
  • Joe Richards and
  • Adam Rees

27 July 2023

C. pagurus and H. gammarus are deemed to be declining in abundance in the Berwickshire Marine Reserve from personal communications with local inshore fishers. Fisheries data in the form of catch per unit effort (CPUE) were collected for these two com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,616 Views
14 Pages

Positioning System for Fishing Fleets’ Tracking and Assistance

  • Álvaro Herrero-Martínez,
  • Miguel A. Gutiérrez,
  • Andrés Ortega-Piris,
  • Emma Diaz-Ruiz-Navamuel,
  • Andrea Martín-Parra and
  • Alfonso-Isidro Lopez-Diaz

26 July 2023

The safety of people working at sea is a subject on which many studies have been carried out. One of the current improvements that has been implemented is the possibility of assigning medical support assistance vessels during specific periods of time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
20,335 Views
21 Pages

Diet and Feeding Ecology of the Whitespotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) from Florida Coastal Waters Revealed via DNA Barcoding

  • Brianna V. Cahill,
  • Ryan J. Eckert,
  • Kim Bassos-Hull,
  • Thomas J. Ostendorf,
  • Joshua D. Voss,
  • Breanna C. DeGroot and
  • Matthew J. Ajemian

26 July 2023

The whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) is a highly mobile, predatory batoid distributed throughout shallow, warm–temperate to tropical Atlantic Basin waters from North Carolina to Brazil. The species’ strong, plate-like dentition...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,338 Views
25 Pages

Bioaccumulation of Metals in Some Fish Species from the Romanian Danube River: A Review

  • Anca Nicoleta Cordeli (Săvescu),
  • Lucian Oprea,
  • Mirela Crețu,
  • Lorena Dediu,
  • Marian Tiberiu Coadă and
  • Diana-Nicoleta Mînzală

26 July 2023

The Danube is the second-largest river in Europe and has been subject to pollution in the past. Additionally, in the last few years, the rapid pace of industrialization and urbanization has led to the inevitable pollution of this aquatic ecosystem by...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,539 Views
18 Pages

Exploring European Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Habitat Differences Using Otolith Analysis in Central-Western Mediterranean Rivers and Coastal Lagoons from Sardinia

  • Cinzia Podda,
  • Jacopo Culurgioni,
  • Riccardo Diciotti,
  • Francesco Palmas,
  • Elsa Amilhat,
  • Elisabeth Faliex,
  • Fabien Morat,
  • Nicola Fois and
  • Andrea Sabatini

26 July 2023

An otolith shape and morphometric analysis was performed on European eel (Anguilla anguilla) subpopulations from five rivers and three coastal lagoons of Sardinia (central-western Mediterranean) to assess the role of different habitats on otolith dev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,749 Views
17 Pages

25 July 2023

The fighting fish Betta splendens, long studied for its aggressive territorial competitions, has the potential to be a tractable and relevant model for studying the intersection of cognitive ecology and social neuroscience. Yet, few studies have comp...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,912 Views
13 Pages

Decomposition Rates of Suppression-Produced Fish Carcasses in a Large, Deep, High-Elevation Lake in North America

  • Hayley C. Glassic,
  • Christopher S. Guy,
  • Lusha M. Tronstad,
  • Michelle A. Briggs,
  • Lindsey K. Albertson,
  • Dominique R. Lujan and
  • Todd M. Koel

25 July 2023

The decomposition of vertebrates in lake ecosystems has been largely understudied despite being a vital part of ecosystem processes. Invasive lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) invaded Yellowstone Lake and caused a decline in the native Yellowstone cu...

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