The body of work relating to the gut microbiota of fish is dwarfed by that on humans and
mammals. However, it is a field that has had historical interest and has grown significantly …

Summary 1 Marine herbivorous fishes are considered to be of critical importance in
determining the biological structure of shallow reef environments, and by implication have …

Publisher Summary The main function of the alimentary tract of any animal is the acquisition
of food with subsequent assimilation of vital nutrients. The natural diet of fishes varies …

Relative gut length, Zihler's index, and relative gut mass were measured in four species of
prickleback fishes and the effects of ontogeny, diet, and phylogeny on these gut dimensions …

Assessing the activity of digestive enzymes is a common procedure in many biological,
physiological and nutritional studies. After reviewing the available literature on fish digestive …

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a common research model in fish studies of toxicology,
developmental biology, neurobiology and molecular genetics; it has been proposed as a …

We constructed a phylogeny for 10 minnow species (family Cyprinidae) previously revealed
to be members of sister genera with different dietary affinities and used the phylogeny to …

Gut microbiota play critical roles in host nutrition and metabolism. However, little is known
about the genetic effects on the gut microbiota assemblages because a suitable model for …

The size and functional capacity of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and associated organs vary
in response to environmental cues. The GI tract and associated organs are also very …

To determine what capabilities wood-eating and detritivorous catfishes have for the
digestion of refractory polysaccharides with the aid of an endosymbiotic microbial …