<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this paper was to report on an examination of the digestive organs in the deep-water fish <italic>Phycis blennoides</italic> (Brünnich) from Algerian coastal waters. A total of 1,019 specimens (5.7–62.7 cm in total length) obtained from commercial fisheries were examined between December 2013 and May 2017. The anatomical study was conducted using morphometric measurements of different sections of the digestive tract of <italic>P. blennoides</italic>. The histological features of the digestive tract were examined in the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and pyloric cecum. They were compatible with carnivorous feeding behavior and confirmed by a low intestinal quotient (IQ = 0.72 ± 0.13). The histopathological assessment highlighted the hepatic steatosis and parasitic infestation in its intestine from <italic>Anisakis simplex</italic>, which also occurs in Algerian coastal waters. According to our knowledge, this paper reports for the first time the morphohistological analysis of the digestive tract of a Phycidae species in Africa and provides the first histopathological assessment of the digestive organs of the greater forkbeard in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea.</p></abstract>

The aim of this paper was to report on an examination of the digestive organs in the deep-water fish Phycis blennoides (Brünnich) from Algerian coastal waters. A total of 1,019 specimens (5.7–62.7 cm in total length) obtained from commercial fisheries were examined between December 2013 and May 2017. The anatomical study was conducted using morphometric measurements of different sections of the digestive tract of P. blennoides. The histological features of the digestive tract were examined in the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and pyloric cecum. They were compatible with carnivorous feeding behavior and confirmed by a low intestinal quotient (IQ = 0.72 ± 0.13). The histopathological assessment highlighted the hepatic steatosis and parasitic infestation in its intestine from Anisakis simplex, which also occurs in Algerian coastal waters. According to our knowledge, this paper reports for the first time the morphohistological analysis of the digestive tract of a Phycidae species in Africa and provides the first histopathological assessment of the digestive organs of the greater forkbeard in the southwestern Mediterranean Sea.

Morphohistology and histopathology of the digestive organs of the deep-water fish greater forkbeard, <italic>Phycis blennoides</italic>

Fisheries Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene Algiers

Nutrition Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

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Morphohistology and histopathology of the digestive organs of the deep-water fish greater forkbeard, 

The aim of this paper was to report on an examination of the digestive organs in the deep-water fish Phycis blennoides (Brünnich) from Algerian coastal waters....

Morphohistology and histopathology of the digestive organs of the deep-water fish greater forkbeard, Phycis blennoides

Published Online: Jul 27, 2020

Page range: 99 - 112

Received: Dec 21, 2019

Accepted: Apr 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0013

Keywords
digestive tract, hepatic steatosis, Algeria

© 2020 Zakia Alioua et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Morphohistology and histopathology of the digestive organs of the deep-water fish greater forkbeard, Phycis blennoides

Published Online: Jul 27, 2020

Page range: 99 - 112

Received: Dec 21, 2019

Accepted: Apr 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0013

Keywordsdigestive tract, hepatic steatosis, Algeria

© 2020 Zakia Alioua et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
digestive tract, hepatic steatosis, Algeria