S. Jalbani

Determination of Heavy Metal concentration in Catfish Rita rita from Indus River near Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Present study was conducted to determined heavy metal concentration in catfish Rita rita from Indus River near Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Different metals likeiron, zinc, chromium, copper, manganese and cobalt were analysis from different organs like gills kidney and liver from male and female respectively. The values of iron were found highest (12.92μg/g) in liver while the lowest value of cobalt (0.014μg/g) was found in Kidney. Rests of the metals showed no significant variation and were found within the recommended limits of WHO.

Complete mitochondrial genome of catfish Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton, 1822)

Abstract Complete mitochondrial genome of catfish, Eutropiichthys vacha, was isolated by LA PCR (TakaRa LAtaq, Dalian, China); and sequenced by Sanger’s method to obtain the complete mitochondrial genome, which is listed Critically Endangered and Red-listed species. The complete mitogenome was 16,478 bp in length and contains 13 typical vertebrate protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA and 22 tRNA genes. The whole genome base composition was estimated to be 31.06% A, 27.59% C, 15.65% G, and 25.68% T. The complete mitochondrial genome of catfish, E. vacha provides the fundamental tool for genetic breeding and conservation studies.