“acid gland” produces histamine and proteinlike substances that are extremely dangerous to persons with specific allergies to them. Adrenaline injections may be lifesaving in such cases. In the honeybee the sting is a minute needle with tiny serrated edges, the teeth of which point backward. ...
The goonch catfish has a large, flat head that holds a powerful jaw and four rows of razor-sharp teeth. The fish has three sets of barbels, with the longest being the nasal set. Its coloring is brown, tan, or green, with black edging on the dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins and bl...
Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins Dogfish (Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum Catfish Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth Dogfish (Namibia) Squalus ac...
And, with less surface area, there are fewer safe places to grasp on a smaller fish. Always be cautious when taking the smaller catfish out of water. If you happen to get punctured by a catfish spine, seek medical help as soon as you can. Even though the toxin is not lethal, the ...
To analyse the Ohnologs of the catfish duplicated genes, an all-against-all comparison between catfish protein sequences and human protein sequences was performed using BLASTP with maximum e-value of 1e À 10. The best-matched human gene was recorded for each catfish gene. If human ...
Leptin is one of the main factors that links fatty acid β-oxidation with oocyte maturation; β-oxidation is essential for leptin-mediated oocyte maturation in fish. Keywords: Pelteobagrus fulvidraco; β-oxidation; oocytes maturation; leptin; JAK-STAT pathway 1. Introduction In fish, the oocyte ...