Prof. Dr. Ahmad Mosaad Azab
ProfessorDepartment of Fish Ecology and Biology, Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Zoology Science from Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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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).
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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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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.
CrossRef | Direct Link | - 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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