Survey of Gastrointestinal contents Kapoordandan-e Geno, Aphanius ginaonis (Holly, 1929) associated with hot spring cyanobacteria of the Geno - Bandar Abbas

Bagheri Dehbarez, Zahra; Yousefzadi, Morteza; Noori, Ahmad; Arman, Mitra; Parto, Parya

doi:10.22059/jfisheries.2014.51645

Survey of Gastrointestinal contents Kapoordandan-e Geno, Aphanius ginaonis (Holly, 1929) associated with hot spring cyanobacteria of the Geno - Bandar Abbas

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Zahra Bagheri Dehbarez ¹

Morteza Yousefzadi ¹

Ahmad Noori ²

Mitra Arman ³

Parya Parto ⁴

¹ MSc, Department of Marine Biology - Faculty of Science - Hormozgan University - Bandar Abbas - Iran

² Assistant Prof. Department of Fisheries - Faculty of Agriculture - Hormozgan University - Bandar Abbas – Iran

³ Instructor, Department of Biology - Payamnour University - Bandar Abbas – Iran

⁴ Assistant Prof. Department of Biology - Faculty of Science - Razi University - Kermanshah – Iran

10.22059/jfisheries.2014.51645

Abstract

Aphanius ginaonis is exclusive to the Geno hot spring, located in the Hormozgan province. In this paper some biological aspects of Aphanius ginaonis and contents of its digestive tract and its relation with cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in the Geno hot spring was examined. Sampling was conducted monthly, samples were fixed in 5% formalin immediately after fishing and transferred to the Ichthyology lab for next steps. In this study the biological characters such as total length, standard length, length of gut, total weight and weight of gut where measured and the sex was determined. Then the digestive tract was opened and its contents were investigated. The contents of each part of digestive tract were examined separately, which were mostly contain cyanobacteria. The digestive tract cyanobacteria were identified by using the valid identification key and determined that Spirulina subsalsa is the most common cyanobacteria in digestive tract in A.ginaonis. It seems that this fish species diet is mostly herbivorous but sometimes also feeds on aquatic insect larvae. As regards in habitat of Geno tooth-carp, 32 species of cyanobacteria have been identified, on the other hand various species of Spirulina are rich of protein, it seems that A.ginaonis are able to identificate and select among various species of cyanobacteria.

Keywords

Aphanius ginaonis

Fish biology

Cyanobacteria

Geno hot spring

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