Abstract The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and is divided into upstream and
mid‐downstream regions by the Three Gorges (the natural barriers of the Yangtze River) …

Intensification of inland fisheries and aquatic landscape conversion led to a drastic decline
of fish populations in the Yangtze River (YR) during the last decades. This situation urges for …

1Department of Zoology, Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur,
Pakistan 2Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental, The Islamic …

We applied simple 4-taxon simulations with 3-way character conflict or a hard polytomy to
check for false positive branch support, with a focus on the bootstrap and recently introduced …

The mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences were used as a
DNA barcode to identify species of the Capoeta genus in Anatolia and to clarify their …

Petroleuciscus borysthenicus is a species with a wide distribution from the eastern, western,
and northern Black Sea and Azov Sea basins, the Aegean Sea basin, and Northwestern …

The stone moroko (or topmouth gudgeon), Pseudorasbora parva, is one of the most
successful invasive species in the fresh waters of Europe and some regions of Asia. We …

In order to be able to assess the impact of invasive fish on native species and ecosystems, it
is important to know their existing distribution areas. The Meriç River, which is fed by some …

Freshwater systems are among the most affected by the introduction of exotic species. The
pumpkinseed sunfish Lepomis gibbosus, a centrarchid native to eastern North America, is …

To determine the origin of introduced European populations of pumpkinseed Lepomis
gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)—a freshwater sunfish, native to eastern North America that has …