Cichlid fishes found in the lakes of Africa have served as model systems for the study of evolution [4, 6, 7]. Several species have received increasing scientific attention because of their great importance to tropical and subtropical aquaculture [8]. The family Cichlidae is a monophyletic ...
They do not, however, appear to have acquired any intimate knowledge of this branch' of natural history. Although they were acquainted with some of the names given by the Egyptians to the different species. (for Josephus, War, iii, 10, 8, compares one found, in the Sea of Galilee to ...
Mirogrex terrae-sanctae is a commercial, sardine-like cyprinid fish in the Sea of Galilee. The fish spawns from December to the end of March. Females collected at the quiescent phase of the cycle (June) were exposed to four combinations of photoperiod and temperature for 3 months. The ...
Fishbones are found in almost every excavation where proper measures of collection are used. The bones tend to preserve fairly well over long periods of time and can be identified taxonomically by using a reference collection of modern fishbones. Moreover, by identifying the type of fish, we ...
Fish were a popular food item throughout The Bible. They were taken from the Sea of Galilee, the Nile River when the Israelites were living in the Goshen area of Egypt, the Jordan River, and the Mediterranean Sea. As its name indicates, the Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, did not...
'” Jesus ate fish from the Sea of Galilee. The bones of freshwater fish, suchas carpand St. Peter's fish (tilapia) have been identified in local archaeological excavations. Can Christians drink alcohol? They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is agiftfrom ...
This is the case in Israel; dark shells allow the snails to camouflage against dark basalt rocks in the Sea of Galilee. Some Malaysian Trumpet Snails have red spots circling around with the whorls. Their heads are flat, with a pair of tentacles at the base. These hold the eyes. ...
New fish introductions continue in recent decades, unlike the global trend. In Israel these species are found in the Jordan Basin, Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), and the coastal plain rivers. A few species are widespread, and most are found in Lake Kinneret. Harmful effects of introduced ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook (Zool.)a haddock; - so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tr...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook tilapia (redirected fromSt Peter's fish) Thesaurus Encyclopedia ti·la·pi·a (tə-lä′pē-ə, -lā′-) n. Any of various cichlid fishes of the generaTilapia, Oreochromis,andSarotherodon,native to Afri...