Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Electrical and behavioral courtship displays in the mormyrid. Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. Pdf social interactions between live and artificial weakly. Free fulltext pdf articles from hundreds of disciplines, all in one place social interactions between live and artificial weakly electric fish. This study investigated the catch per unit effort and water quality of lake kalgwai jigawa state, nigeria for the period of 10 month july 2012. These papers represent current important work in the field of undergraduate mathematics education and are elaborations of the rume conference reports. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts.
Microecology of monogenean gill parasites of mormyrus rume. Some metal elements concentrations in snout fish mormyrus rume. Monogenean species of this fish consisted of bouixella yaoi, b. Adw doesnt cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe. Aspects of the biology of mormyrus rume cuvier and valenciennes in lekki lagoon were investigated. Social interactions between live and artificial weakly electric fish. Social interactions between live and artificial weakly. Pdf feeding habits and digestive enzymes in the gut of mormyrus.
Bagridae chrysichthys coriscanus chrysichthys furcatus x x x 0 x 0 x x x x x x x x 4. Posthatching brain morphogenesis and cell proliferation in the pulsetype mormyrid mormyrus rume proboscirostris. Mormyrids are active predators of worms and insects, foraging mainly at night moller 1995. A total of 2,239 individuals belonging to 44 species and 1,938 individuals belonging to 40 species were sampled in the dry and wet seasons. Pdf mormyrus rume rume, hyperopisus bebe bebe, campylomormyrus. Animals emit sequences of pulsetrains that vary in overall frequency and temporal patterning and can lead to timelocked interactions with the discharge activity of other individuals. Cell proliferation, migration, and neurogenesis in the. Fishes that are of interest to this study are clarias gariepinus, mormyrus rume, and tilapia spp. Characidae alestes nurse x 0 0 0 0 0 0 hepsetus odoe 0 0 x 0 0 x x 3. Evaluation of the nutritive qualities and organoleptic properties of labeo coubie and mormyrus rume from the cross river article pdf available january 2018 with 120 reads how we measure reads. Mortality and exploitation rates of challawa gorge dam.
Comparative study of qualityanalysis of three different bangladeshi smokedried lean fishes using salt and turmeric stored at refrigeration temperature 4c. Comparative study of qualityanalysis of three different. The six mormyrids represent the greatest variation in phylogenetic relatedness and relative brain size across mormyrids. Stewart 1976 inga mormyrid mormyrus kannume forsskal 1775 elephantsnout fish mormyrus lacerda castelnau 1861 western bottlenose mormyrid mormyrus longirostris w. Some metal elements concentrations in snout fish mormyrus. Determination of fatty acids from freshwater fish oils. Transfer factor and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in. Environmental determinants influencing fish community. Students conceptions of mathematical truth 5 conceptions of mathematical truths as underlying notions of reasoning tasks in any reasoning task, one has to interpret the given conditions through some. Phylogenetic utility of the first two introns of the s7. Analyses were done on lengthfrequency data to study the mortality and exploitation rates of fish species of challawa gorge dam. Helminth parasites of some freshwater fish from river. First, we constructed threedimensional models of the brains by segmenting brain from nonbrain in each microct scan image using a segmentation editor program in fiji and reconstructing those segments into 3d surface images of the brain 41, 42.
Thirteen species of fish labeo coubie, citharinus citharus, hyperopisus bebe, mormyrops anguilloides, mormyrus rume, orechromis niloticus, sarotherodon galilaeus, clarias gariepinus, clarias anguillaris, heterobranchus bidorsalis, clariheterobranchus, lates niloticus and hydrocynus forskalii were studied for their oil fatty acids composition identification and. The twowheeled differential drive robot moves below the tank on a transparent platform figure 2b. The journal covers several key aspects in these fields by including research on topics like aquaculture, prawn cultivation, crab and pearl farming. Bagrus bayad macropterus, synodontis schall, oreochromis niloticus, pollimyrus isidori, marcusenius senegalensis, schilbe uranoscopus, clarias lazera, lates niloticus, brycinus nurse and auchenoglanis occidentalis. Pdf lengthweight relationship and condition factor of four. The use of robotics to establish social interactions between animals and robots, represents an elegant and innovative method to investigate animal behaviour. Lake geriyo is a flood plain lake, located at the outskirt of jimeta metropolis adamawa state on the northeast nigeria. Mortality and exploitation rates of challawa gorge dam fishes. Thirteen species of fish labeo coubie, citharinus citharus, hyperopisus bebe, mormyrops anguilloides, mormyrus rume, orechromis niloticus, sarotherodon galilaeus, clarias gariepinus, clarias anguillaris, heterobranchus bidorsalis, clariheterobranchus, lates niloticus and hydrocynus forskalii were studied for their oil fatty acids composition. The availability of cu, cr, pb, fe, mn, cd and zn in water, sediment, fish and plants samples from the rivers was detected using atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
Pdf morphometry and diet of mormyrus rume in the lekki lagoon. Spatial distribution and cellular composition of adult brain. Oluyemi, preliminary assessment of heavy metal pollution of opa reservoir, ileife, southwest nigeria using mormyrus rume and tilapia zillii, ife journal of. The animal diversity web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students.
Valenciennes 1847 from obubra region of cross river, cross river state, nigeria abstract mormyridae are important in fisheries in nigeria. Current usage metrics show cumulative count of article views fulltext article views including html views, pdf and epub downloads, according to the available data and abstracts views on vision4press platform. Jun, 2018 this study examines the utility of morphology and dna barcoding in species identification of freshwater fishes from north. Pdf endoparasitic helminthes of four mormyrid species. Mormyrid electric fish rely on the waveform of their electric organ discharges eods for communicating species, sex, and social status, while they use the sequences of pulse intervals spis for communicating rapidly changing behavioral states and motivation. Clarias gariepinus, also known as african sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family clariidae. Peters 1852 eastern bottlenose mormyrid mormyrus macrocephalus worthington 1929 largehead mormyrid mormyrus macrophthalmus. The transfer factors and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in three fish species clarias gariepinus, murmyrus rume and tilapia zilli were assessed in rivers owan and evbiobe. Extreme enlargement of the cerebellum in a clade of teleost. Mochokid and mormyrid families dominated fish community and constituted 14. This included the lengthweight relationship, condition. Fish community structure was assessed in six wetlands using cast nets, to correlate with environmental variables with diversity and distribution patterns, from 2010 to 2012. Spatial distribution and cellular composition of adult.
Widespread cell proliferation, high neurogenic, and regenerative capacities are. Helminth parasites of some freshwater fish from river niger at illushi, edo state, nigeria onyedineke, nkechi esther 1. Active electroreception in weakly electric fish oxford. A morphological study on species of african mormyrus. Notes on the electric organ discharges eods of four. The mean rainfall however, four species namely mormyrus rume, data was 109. Frontiers insights into the social behavior of surface. The natural habitat of weakly electric mormyrid fishes are turbid tropical rivers e. Adult neurogenesis, an essential mechanism of brain plasticity, enables brain development along postnatal life, constant addition of new neurons, neuronal turnover, andor regeneration. Mormyrus rume from manmade lake ayame i between july 2015 and june 2016. Electrocommunication and locomotor behavior of mormyrus rume. Catch per unit effort and some water quality parameters of. American journal of food science and technology 2, no.
Both active electrolocation and electrocommunication. Field studies on the electric organ discharges eods of mormyrus species are rare, likely due to their biology hindering live capture in large numbers. Some ichyofauna status of lake geriyo, adamawa state. Changes in physicochemical and sensory characteristics of smokedried fish species stored at ambient temperature. Protopterus annectens, labeo coubie, auchenoglanis occidentalis and mormyrus rume from lower river benue, makurdi to determine the proximate and macro elements composition of these fish species from lower river benue makurdi. Gulshan ara latifa, subhash chandra chakraborty, mohajira begum, farzana binte farid and mosarrat nabila nahid. Robotic animals are nowadays developed for various types of research, such as bioinspired robotics, biomimetics, and animal behavioral studies. Latifa, gulshan ara, subhash chandra chakraborty, mohajira begum, farzana binte farid, and mosarrat nabila nahid. Design of a modular robotic system that mimics small fish. Helminth parasites of some freshwater fish from river niger. However, few systems have capitalized on recent breakthroughs in. This study examines the utility of morphology and dna barcoding in species identification of freshwater fishes from north. Jan 12, 2018 robotics is continuously being integrated in animal behaviour studies to create customizable, controllable, and repeatable stimuli.
Oluyemi, preliminary assessment of heavy metal pollution of opa reservoir, ileife, southwest nigeria using mormyrus rume and tilapia zillii, ife journal of science, vol. They are found throughout africa and the middle east, and live in freshwater lakes, rivers, and swamps, as well as humanmade habitats. Usually moisture and fat contents in fish flesh are inversely related and there. Coding of stimuli by ampullary afferents in gnathonemus. This book constitutes the proceedings of the third international conference on biomimetic and biohybrid systems, living machines. The lengthweight relatonship and condition factor of four mormyrid species namely mormyrus rume, hyperopisus bebe, campylomormyrus tamandua and gnathonemus petersii from anambra river were. Damiano remorini for their assistance in developing the robotic fish replica. It carries a neodymium magnet directed to the bottom side of. Each gill arch was removed and examined to both quantify the number of parasites and their distribution on the gills.
Paramormyrops kingsleyae gunther 1896 in honor of writer and explorer mary. Jan 31, 2003 2000 in two main points, the position of the genus mormyrus and the position of h. Mormyrid weakly electric fish produce short, pulsetype electric organ discharges for actively probing their environment and to communicate with conspecifics. Little is known of electric signaling during courtship behavior because of two major difficulties. Multiple cues produced by a robotic fish modulate aggressive. Proximate and macro element composition of four fish species. Pdf social interactions between live and artificial. The robotic platform presented in this research is called fishcontrolactuatorsensorunit or fishcasu. Mormyrus is a genus of fish in the family mormyridae.
Mormyrus rume valenciennes 1847 vernacular used by senegalese fishermen for this species. Dna barcoding of economically important freshwater fish. Article pdf available in pakistan journal of biological sciences 112. Transfer factor and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in fishes.
Pdf the feeding habits of 436 elephant snout fish, mormyrus rume valenciennes 1846, from river ose were investigated. We confronted single individuals of mormyrus rume proboscirostris with a mobile dummy. Electrocommunicating dummy fish initiate group behavior in the weakly electric fish mormyrus rume. It was impounded on river hadeja in 1984 by the federal government of nigeria for the purpose of irrigation under the then hadejia valley irrigation project which was coordinated by hadejia. Mormyrus and its species including synonyms in catalog of fishes, eschmeyer, w. Spatial distribution and cellular composition of adult brain proliferative zones in the teleost, gymnotus omarorum. Eight individuals of mormyrus rume probosci rostris abbreviated to m. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Twenty six species are found in nigerian waters and the largest of the species, mormyrus rume, capable of growing up to 100 cm is common in the middle reaches of cross river. Under these conditions, unfavorable for visual orientation, mormyrids have developed an electric sense that allows them to detect, analyze, and identify nearby objects or. Weakly electric mormyrus rume have been shown to follow a. Closedloop control of zebrafish behaviour in three. Pdf lengthweight relationship and condition factor of.
A study was conducted on four fresh water fish species. Investigation of collective behaviour and electrocommunication in the weakly electric fish, mormyrus rume, through a biomimetic robotic dummy fish. Changes in brain structure may be most likely with the evolution of novel behaviors. Forbidden planet 1956 as a veiled criticism of mccarthyism in 1950s america, william lorenzo. Electrical and behavioral courtship displays in the. Trophic structure and interactions in lake ayame cote d. While these different studies demonstrated the potential to develop artificial devices that are able to interact with fish, there is no solution involving an active. Helminth parasites of some freshwater fish from river niger at. Nutritional composition of mormyrus rume and protopterus annectens from lake gerio, yola, adamawa state, nigeria idowu ta, umar ab, adedeji ha, jidauna sb and sogbesan oa download pdf fulltext. The design of these robots poses great challenges as.
Kalgwai barrage dam is situated in auyo local government area of jigawa state, nigeria figure 1. International journal of agriculture and biosciences. Electrocommunication and locomotor behavior of mormyrus rume proboscirostris towards a mobile dummy fish. It was revealed that mormyrus rume has the allometric growth with b 2. Mormyrids mormyrus rume longevity, ageing, and life history. Journal of fisheries and aquatic science volume 9, number 6. The present report aims to characterise morphological and. Shelflife of moon fish citharinus citharus and tumk fish mormyrus rume during storage at ambient temperature and on ice. I have a bit of a reusable bag sickness like the flower pot idea. It is amply distributed but negatively modulated during development and along evolution. Proximate and macro element composition of four fish. A total of 27 mormyrus rume proboscirostris boulenger 1898 abbreviated to m. Here the eods of four nilosahelosudanic species, mormyrus caschive linnaeus, 1758, m.
Electrocommunication and locomotor behavior of mormyrus rume proboscirostris towards a mobile dummy fish pdf paperity. Mormyrus species mormyrus rume common name mormyrids lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits maximum longevity 6 years wild source ref. The man hours, gears used, and fish catches of the lake was determined by assessing. A total of 600 fish samples were collected, 50 samples from each species for the. Taverne 1972 left the position of mormyrus unresolved at the base of the tree of the mormyrinae. Determination of fatty acids from freshwater fish oils using. The effect of manmade lake on the diet of the african electric fish mormyrus rume valenciennes, 1846 osteoglossiformes. Sep, 2017 social interactions between live and artificial weakly electric fish. Many studies of the electric fish community relied on fish imported to europe or america by tropical fish dealers, i. Mormyrus rume proboscirostris thus marked the outer limit of the playbacks active space with the onset of a long cessation.
It is a shallow water body with a mean depth of about 2 meters and the mean annual rainfall of is between 900 and 1100 mm with the rainy season ranging from 150 to 160 days. It lies between longitude 1225e and latitude 98n figure 1. Maze learning and recall in weakly electric fish, mormyrus rume proboscirostris boulenger 1898 teleostei, mormyridae. Extreme enlargement of the cerebellum in a clade of. Journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences jfas is a multidisciplinary journal in the field of aquatic sciences. Campylomormyrus numenius boulenger 1898 genus name for curlews, wading birds whose.
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