Catalogue of morphological scale deformities from 13 species of freshwater fish from the Kaniv Reservoir (Dnieper), Ukraine
Laith A. Jawad A G , Joacim Näslund B , Jitka Rutkayová C , Jana Nebesářová D , Karel Beneš C , P. Wagnerová C , Alexander Didenko E and Joo Myun Park F
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A Flat Bush, Manukau, Auckland, 2016, New Zealand.
B University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology & SoWa Ecosystems Research Infrastructure, Branišovská 31/1760, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
C University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, Studenstká 1668, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
D Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, The Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 1160, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
E Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Obukhivska Street 135, UA-03164 Kyiv, Ukraine.
F Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
G Corresponding author. Present address: 4 Tinturn Place, Auckland, 2016, New Zealand. Email: laith_jawad@hotmail.com
Marine and Freshwater Research 69(10) 1569-1594 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18018
Submitted: 18 January 2018 Accepted: 20 March 2018 Published: 9 July 2018
Abstract
Among the morphological anomalies that have been reported in fish so far, abnormalities in scale shape and structure have been described from a limited number of species worldwide. The aim of the present study was to extend this knowledge by identifying and describing such scale abnormalities in freshwater fish from the Kaniv Reservoir, Ukraine. Scale deformities were common in most of the species investigated (Cyprinidae, 10 spp.; Percidae, 2 spp.; Esocidae, 1 sp.), with some differences in the number of cases among them. A wide variety of scale deformities was found, classified into two major categories, slight and severe. In all, 211 abnormal scales (172 slight and 39 severe deformities) were observed and described. The scale deformities described herein could help direct future work on the relationships between the condition of the environment and fish health.
Additional keywords: Cyprinidae, deformity, Esocidae, Percidae, scale anomalies.
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