In order to perform checks in the trade of fish species under the threat of extinction and with commercial importance such as sturgeon, the fish must be identified rapidly and precisely from any tissue and for this purpose ...

The genetic discrimination of two species of the genus Capoeta, C. tinca (Heckel, 1843) and C. banarescui Turan et al., 2006, which is represented by many endemic species in Anatolian Turkey, has been investigated by ...

Genetic diversity, genetic structure, and demographic history of the endemic and endangered cyprinid species Alburnus tarichi based on samples from 17 populations consisting of resident and potamodromous specimens from the ...

It has been assumed that sturgeons originated in the Tethys Sea, and the Black Sea is their most important diversification center. Hence Turkey has had a significant place throughout history. Although there are some genetic ...

In the present study, 2 species of myxozoan parasites, the novel Ceratomyxa scophthalmi sp. nov. and Myxidium finnmarchicum, were documented from the gallbladder of Scophthalmus maeoticus inhabiting the Turkish Black Sea ...

In a study of the fishes of the Buyuk Menderes River Basin, Aegean region of Turkey, two populations of Chondrostoma were found which showed clearly distinctive characters: the population from the Upper B. Menderes (Ikl ...

The molecular phylogeny of the Anatolian species of the genusChondrostoma(Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) was studied by sequencing of the mitochondrial cyt b gene. A total of 144 tissue samples from 14 described species were ...

Chondrostoma toros sp.n. was described from the Goksu River. It was distinguished by a slightly arched lower jaw with a well-developed keratinized edge; a slightly developed keel in front of the dorsal-fm origin; lateral ...