A new species of the subfamily Labeoninae, Garra nujiangensis Chen and Yang, sp. nov. is recognized from a secondary branch of Nujiang River （upper Salween） in Zhenkang county, Yunnan province, China. It can be dist...A new species of the subfamily Labeoninae, Garra nujiangensis Chen and Yang, sp. nov. is recognized from a secondary branch of Nujiang River （upper Salween） in Zhenkang county, Yunnan province, China. It can be distinguished from other beardless Garra species by the following combination of characters： 12 - 14 circumpedunele scales; 48 - 50 lateral- line scales; a pair of rudimentary rostral barbels present in little individuals; 8 - 9 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5 - 6 scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line and 3 - 4 scales between pelvic-fin origin and lateral line; caudal peduncle relatively stouter; length between snout tip to posterior margin of eye longer than body depth at anal fin origin; head length longer than body depth at dorsal fin origin; prepelvic length 50.0% - 53.7% of standard length; pre-anus length 58.9% - 63.9% of standard length; body width 16.7% - 19.6% of standard length; body depth at dorsal fin 19.2% - 22.6% of standard length. The present study also verified that the presence of tiny barbells is a juvenile character in some beardless Garra species, such as G. nujiangensis and G. alticorpora.展开更多
Objective:To investigate a case of mass mortality of Garra rufa(G.rufa)from a fish hatchery farm in Slovakia.Methods:Causative bacterial agent was swabbing out of affected fish skin area and subsequently identified us...Objective:To investigate a case of mass mortality of Garra rufa(G.rufa)from a fish hatchery farm in Slovakia.Methods:Causative bacterial agent was swabbing out of affected fish skin area and subsequently identified using commercial test system.Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the disk diffusion method.Results:Infected G.rufa was characterized by abnormal swimming behaviour,bleeding of skin lesions and local haemorrhages.Despite of using recommended aquatic antibiotic treatment no improvement was achieved and Aeromonas sobria{A.sobria)was identified as a causative agent of fish mortality.Due to massive fish mortality,antibiotic susceptibility of pure isolated culture of A.sobria was evaluated employing eight antibiotics against human infections.A.sobria was resistant only against one antibiotic,namely ampicilin.Conclusions:These results indicate that A.sobria can act as a primary pathogen of G.rufa and may be a potential risk factor for immunodeficient or immunoincompetent patients during the ichthyotherapy.展开更多
Garra imberba is widely distributed in China. At the moment, both Garra yiliangensis and G. hainanensis are treated as valid species, but they were initially named as a subspecies of G. pingi, a junior synonym of G. i...Garra imberba is widely distributed in China. At the moment, both Garra yiliangensis and G. hainanensis are treated as valid species, but they were initially named as a subspecies of G. pingi, a junior synonym of G. imberba. Garra alticorpora and G. nujiangensis also have similar morphological characters to G. imberba, but the taxonomic statuses and phylogenetic relationships of these species with G. imberba remains uncertain. In this study, 128 samples from the Jinshajiang, Red, Nanpanjiang, Lancangjiang, Nujiang Rivers as well as Hainan Island were measured while 1 mitochondrial gene and 1 nuclear intron of 24 samples were sequenced to explore the phylogenetic relationship of these five species. The results showed that G. hainanensis, G. yiliangensis, G. alticorpora and G. imberba are the same species with G. imberba being the valid species name, while G. nujiangensis is a valid species in and of itself.展开更多
Objective:To determine morphometric and meristic variations betweenGarra rufa(G.rufa)samples obtained from different locality in Tigris River.Methods:Transformed morphometric characters were subjected to discriminant ...Objective:To determine morphometric and meristic variations betweenGarra rufa(G.rufa)samples obtained from different locality in Tigris River.Methods:Transformed morphometric characters were subjected to discriminant analysis and according to grouping model,number of discriminant function and morphologic variation between populations with respect to their importance of explaining total variation were determined.Results:Success rate of classifying the groups according to the results of discriminant analysis of morphometric characters ofG.rufa individuals,belonging to seven different localities of Tigris and Euphrates river system revealed as 56.7%.Savur stream group showed different distribution from the other groups.Success rate of classifying the groups according to the discriminant analysis of meristic characters ofG.rufa individuals appeared as 56.32%.Conclusions:Devege?idi Dam Lake and Kulp stream groups were the ones which showed the most different distributions in the discriminant analysis.Between locality groups ofG.rufa individuals belonging to Cyprinidae family,meristic and especially morphometric variations were significantly found in the consequent of discriminant analysis.展开更多
文摘A new species of the subfamily Labeoninae, Garra nujiangensis Chen and Yang, sp. nov. is recognized from a secondary branch of Nujiang River （upper Salween） in Zhenkang county, Yunnan province, China. It can be distinguished from other beardless Garra species by the following combination of characters： 12 - 14 circumpedunele scales; 48 - 50 lateral- line scales; a pair of rudimentary rostral barbels present in little individuals; 8 - 9 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5 - 6 scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line and 3 - 4 scales between pelvic-fin origin and lateral line; caudal peduncle relatively stouter; length between snout tip to posterior margin of eye longer than body depth at anal fin origin; head length longer than body depth at dorsal fin origin; prepelvic length 50.0% - 53.7% of standard length; pre-anus length 58.9% - 63.9% of standard length; body width 16.7% - 19.6% of standard length; body depth at dorsal fin 19.2% - 22.6% of standard length. The present study also verified that the presence of tiny barbells is a juvenile character in some beardless Garra species, such as G. nujiangensis and G. alticorpora.
基金supported by the Operational Program Research and Development and European Fund for Regional Development(EFRD)(grant No.ITMS 26240220020)
文摘Objective:To investigate a case of mass mortality of Garra rufa(G.rufa)from a fish hatchery farm in Slovakia.Methods:Causative bacterial agent was swabbing out of affected fish skin area and subsequently identified using commercial test system.Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the disk diffusion method.Results:Infected G.rufa was characterized by abnormal swimming behaviour,bleeding of skin lesions and local haemorrhages.Despite of using recommended aquatic antibiotic treatment no improvement was achieved and Aeromonas sobria{A.sobria)was identified as a causative agent of fish mortality.Due to massive fish mortality,antibiotic susceptibility of pure isolated culture of A.sobria was evaluated employing eight antibiotics against human infections.A.sobria was resistant only against one antibiotic,namely ampicilin.Conclusions:These results indicate that A.sobria can act as a primary pathogen of G.rufa and may be a potential risk factor for immunodeficient or immunoincompetent patients during the ichthyotherapy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30730017,31160419)Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Program(2009CC008)
文摘Garra imberba is widely distributed in China. At the moment, both Garra yiliangensis and G. hainanensis are treated as valid species, but they were initially named as a subspecies of G. pingi, a junior synonym of G. imberba. Garra alticorpora and G. nujiangensis also have similar morphological characters to G. imberba, but the taxonomic statuses and phylogenetic relationships of these species with G. imberba remains uncertain. In this study, 128 samples from the Jinshajiang, Red, Nanpanjiang, Lancangjiang, Nujiang Rivers as well as Hainan Island were measured while 1 mitochondrial gene and 1 nuclear intron of 24 samples were sequenced to explore the phylogenetic relationship of these five species. The results showed that G. hainanensis, G. yiliangensis, G. alticorpora and G. imberba are the same species with G. imberba being the valid species name, while G. nujiangensis is a valid species in and of itself.
基金Supported by Dicle Univercity with DUPAB-07-02-016 numbered project.
文摘Objective:To determine morphometric and meristic variations betweenGarra rufa(G.rufa)samples obtained from different locality in Tigris River.Methods:Transformed morphometric characters were subjected to discriminant analysis and according to grouping model,number of discriminant function and morphologic variation between populations with respect to their importance of explaining total variation were determined.Results:Success rate of classifying the groups according to the results of discriminant analysis of morphometric characters ofG.rufa individuals,belonging to seven different localities of Tigris and Euphrates river system revealed as 56.7%.Savur stream group showed different distribution from the other groups.Success rate of classifying the groups according to the discriminant analysis of meristic characters ofG.rufa individuals appeared as 56.32%.Conclusions:Devege?idi Dam Lake and Kulp stream groups were the ones which showed the most different distributions in the discriminant analysis.Between locality groups ofG.rufa individuals belonging to Cyprinidae family,meristic and especially morphometric variations were significantly found in the consequent of discriminant analysis.
