Flatfish address the problem of connecting between spatially distinct adult spawning areas
and juvenile nursery areas through a planktonic larval phase. This strategy minimizes …

Myostatin (MSTN) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily which could
play an important role in negatively regulating skeletal muscle growth and development in …

The selection of a suitable method for tagging fish with transmitters is essential to ensure the
feasibility of telemetry studies. Here, using a micro-acoustic transmitter, we examined the …

Japanese grenadier anchovy, Coilia nasus, is a commercially important fish species in
China. Three ecotypes (anadromous, landlocked and freshwater-resident populations) are …

High quality genome is of great significance for the mining of biological information
resources of species. Up to now, the genomic information of several important economic …

The Pleistocene climate oscillations have been proven to have profound influences in the
evolutionary processes of marine species and left significantly tractable footprints in …

Many animals (including human) belonged to Bilateria and their external shapes showed left-
right symmetry (Palmer, 1996), while the internal organs developed asymmetrically during …

The population structure of the ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei), distributed in the
western North Pacific, was assessed on the basis of genetic variations in the mitochondrial …

Habitat utilization, feeding, and growth of a rare pleuronectid flatfish, spotted halibut
Verasper variegatus, were examined in a brackish lagoon in northeastern Japan …

The effectiveness of stock enhancement trials of a rare flatfish Verasper variegatus was
evaluated through assessment of fishery statistics, geographical distributions of catches, and …