A barb is one of various ray-finned fish species in a non-phylogenetic group, with members in the family Cyprinidae, and especially the genera Barbus and Puntius, but many others also. They were ...

Freshwater fish populations near the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterparts due to climate change. Warming temperatures are creating new habitats at the poleward edges of their ranges, ...

Three-quarters of Australia’s freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians of remarkable creatures such as the ornate rainbowfish, the ancient ...

Even certain Garra and freshwater pufferfish can be kept alongside them ... Water quality can be much more into the alkaline than many other species of barb, making the fish suitable for the keeper ...

A popular notion of an aquarium is a glass box with fish in midwater. Many kinds swim in the middle of the water column, but, among these, barbs, such as Puntius, stand out for their typically small ...

Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterparts, researchers have found. Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are ...

THE cause of blindness in freshwater fish is frequently sought by owners of fishing waters and fish farmers. Usually the blind fish are old fish and have lost the gift of sight in one eye or both ...

Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterparts, researchers have found. Large-bodied migratory species such as Atlantic salmon are thriving as ...

Mussel shells provide living space for insects and plants, and empty shells serve as nesting sites for small fish like darters. Unfortunately, for all their allure, freshwater mussels are the most ...

Her PhD thesis was undertaken at the Australian Rivers Institute, and focused on development of modern and ancient environmental DNA methods to assess distribution patterns of rare fish and river ...

Clear spells this evening and early tonight. Cloud will build from the north overnight with a few patches of drizzle moving in from the north-west towards dawn. Saturday Tomorrow morning looks to ...

Freshwater ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of terrestrial aquatic systems, including rivers, lakes and ponds. It includes the community ecology of these ecosystems, as well as ...