Ecological opportunities and physical challenges of fast-water habitats have dramatically
shaped the evolution of freshwater fish lineages from a broad diversity of clades globally …

The order Cypriniformes is the most diverse order of freshwater fishes. Recent phylogenetic
studies have approached a consensus on the phylogenetic relationships of Cypriniformes …

This article reviews major findings of a vast body of scientific studies on the ecology of the
fish community and the fisheries in Lake Tana over the past 25 years. There are three …

Abstract At 1,830 m altitude, Lake Tana is situated on the basaltic Plateau of the north-
western highlands of Ethiopia covering an area of ca 3,050 km2. It is poor in nutrients and …

The cyprinid tribe Labeonini (sensuRainboth, 1991) is a large group of freshwater fishes
containing around 40 genera and 400 species. They are characterized by an amazing …

Ceratogarra is established as genus name for Garra cambodgiensis and G. fasciacauda.
Besides molecular characters, Ceratogarra shares with Paracrossochilus the presence of a …

Members of the genus Psilorhynchus are small benthic fishes, commonly referred to as
torrent minnows, which inhabit the fast to swift flowing water bodies of the Indo-Burma region …

Specific concepts of fluvial ecology are well studied in riverine ecosystems of the temperate
zone but poorly investigated in the Afrotropical region. Hence, we examined the longitudinal …

Review of the genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 in Iran with description of a new species: a
morpho-molecular approach (Teleostei: Cypr Page 1 82 Iran. J. Ichthyol. (June 2016), 3(2) …

Background Small-scale pond aquaculture has been practiced in various parts of the Lake
Tana basin. However, its establishment and expansion have been carried out regardless of …