Biography

Prof. Dr. Ahmad M. Azab is currently Professor of Fish Ecology and Biology at Al-Azhar University. He has extensive experience with Animal Museum, the Red Sea fish taxonomy (ordinary and molecular biology), fish biology and fisheries for more 36 years. He participated in many field trips, expeditions and consultive works to the marine environment of the Red Sea.

At Al-Azhar University in Egypt and Thamar University in Yemen He Established the Zoological Museum and he teaches many courses like: Marine Biology, Ichthyology, Fish Biology and Taxonomy, Fish culture, Marine Fisheries, Stock Assessment, Marine Fauna, Marine Plankton and Benthos, Marine ecology, Marine pollution, General and medical Biology, Histology, Cell Biology, Embryology, Vertebrates, Comparative Anatomy, Invertebrates, Parasitology, and Ecology. Also, he supervised and refereid more than one hundred theises; and he had more than sixty research published papers.

He serves as technical member of several national committees, conducts research on the Red Sea biodiversity, marine ecology, aquaculture, assessment of mangrove resources, coral reefs and other habitats (in Egypt and Yemen).

Area of Interest:

Zoology

100%

Fish Ecology and Biology

62%

General and Medical Biology

90%

Ichthyology

75%

Parasitology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0

Chapters
0

Articles
59

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Farrag, D.M.G., A.M. Azab and A.N. Alabssawy, 2021. Histological variations and adaptability in some digestive organs of the thinlip grey mullet, Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827). Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 25: 241-256.
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Abo-Taleb, H.A., M.M.M. El-feky, A.M. Azab, M.M. Mabrouk and M.A. Elokaby et al., 2021. Growth performance, feed utilization, gut integrity, and economic revenue of grey mullet, Mugil cephalus, fed an increasing level of dried zooplankton biomass meal as fishmeal substitutions. Fishes, Vol. 6. 10.3390/fishes6030038.
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Hassan, S.E., A.M. Azab, H.A. Abo-Taleb and M.M. El-Feky, 2020. Effect of replacing fish meal in the fish diet by zooplankton meal on growth performance of Dcentrarchus labrax (linnaeus, 1758). Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 24: 267-280.
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Farrag, D.M.G., A.M. Azab and A.N. Alabssawy, 2020. Comparative study on the histochemical structures of stomach, pyloric caeca and anterior intestine in the grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758). Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 24: 1055-1071.
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El-Khatib, Z.I.M., A.M. Azab, H.A.H. Abo-Taleb, A.N.M. Al-Absawy and M.M.M. Toto, 2020. Effect of heavy metals in irrigation water of different fish farms on the quality of cultured fish. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 24: 261-277.
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Sarhan, M., A.M. Azab, H.M.M. Khalaf-Allah and M.A.M. Afifi, 2019. Dna barcoding supports sexual dimorphism in two labrid species; Cheilinus lunulatus and Halichoeres hortulanus (family labridae) in red sea, Egypt. Egypt. J. Aquat. Res., 45: 395-401.
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Azab, A.M., M.A. Aly-Eldeen, H.M.M. Khalaf-Allah and M.M.A. El-Battal, 2019. Effect of heavy metals on the ovary of Tilapia zillii in some canals of nile delta area, Egypt.. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 23: 329-345.
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Azab, A.M., H.M.M. Khalaf-Allah, M.M.H. Sarhan and M.A.M. El-Tabakh, 2019. Morphological aspects of dorsal fin for eight shark species with special reference to the first records in Egyptian mediterranean waters, alexandria, Egypt. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 23: 575-588.
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Azab, A.M., H.M.M. Khalaf-Allah, M.M.H. Sarhan and M.A.M. El-Tabakh, 2019. Carcharhinid shark species (family carcharhinidae), with special reference to the first records in the Egyptian mediterranean waters, alexandria, Egypt.. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 23: 545-559.
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Azab, A.M., H.M.M. Khalaf-Allah and M.A.M. Afifi, 2019. Identification key by scales differentiation for some labrid fishes, red sea, Egypt. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 23: 207-223.
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Azab, A.M., A.M. El-Far and A.M. El-Sayed, 2019. Age, growth and population structure of bogue, Boops boops, in the mediterranean waters front alexandria, Egypt. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 23: 69-81.
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Azab, A.M. and H.M.M. Khalaf-Allah, 2019. Morphological differences of scales and gill rakers used as a taxonomic character in some thick-lip fish species (family: labridae), red sea, Egypt.. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 23: 77-91.
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Azab, A., H. Khalaf-Allah, A.E.R. Khattaby, A. Sadek and M. Abdel-Ghany, 2018. Effect of stocking density and feeding rate on growth performance and total production of nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus reared in earthen ponds. Egypt. J. Aquacult., 8: 33-54.
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Shehata, S., A. Azab and D. Farrag, 2017. Functional anatomy of the lips and buccopharyngeal cavity of siluroid fishes, Clarias gariepinus and Bagrus bajad inhabiting bahr shebeen-alkoom, al-menoufiya governorate, Egypt. Egypt. Acad. J. Bio. Sci., D. Histology Histochem., 9: 21-34.
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Azab, A.M., H.M. Shoman and R.M. El-Deeb, 2017. Comparative studies on the histology of eye retina in some nile fishes with different dial activities. Egypt. J. Hosp. Med., 68: 815-823.
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