Featured publications

• Bikashvili A, Kachlishvili N, Japoshvili B, Mumladze L (2022). Species diversity and DNA barcode library of freshwater Molluscs of South Caucasus. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e84887. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e84887
• Mumladze L, Kuljanishvili T, Japoshvili B, Epitashvili G, Kalous L, Vilizzi L, Piria M (2022). Risk of invasiveness of non-native fishes in the South Caucasus biodiversity and geopolitical hotspot. In: Giannetto D, Piria M, Tarkan AS, Zięba G (Eds) Recent advancements in the risk screening of freshwater and terrestrial non-native species. NeoBiota 76: 109-133. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.76.82776
• Gandlin, A.A., Japoshvili, B., Epitashvili, G. et al. (2022). Phylogeography of the Kura Barbel Barbus cyri De Filippi as Inferred from mtDNA Data. Inland Water Biol 15, 11–22 https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082922010047
• Japoshvili B., Couto T.B.A., Mumladze L., Epitashvili G.,  McClain M.E., Jenkins C.N., Anderson E.P.  (2021). Hydropower development in the Republic of Georgia and implications for freshwater biodiversity conservation, Biological Conservation, Volume 263, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109359
• Bláha, M, Patoka, J, Japoshvili, B.,  Let M., Buric M., Kouba M., Mumladze L. (2021). Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position and morphometric analysis of Astacus colchicus (Decapoda, Astacidae): a new insight into Eastern European crayfish fauna. Integrative Zoology 16, 368– 78. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12493
• Kuljanishvili T, Mumladze L, Japoshvili B, Mustafayev N, Ibrahimov Sh, Patoka J, Pipoyan S, Kalous L. (2021). The first unified inventory of non-native fishes of the South Caucasian countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst., 422, 32.
• Kuljanishvili T, Patoka J, Bohatá L, Rylková K, Japoshvili B.; Kalous L. (2021).  Evaluation of the potential establishment of black-striped pipefish transferred by cultural drivers, Inland Waters, DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2021.1909374.
• Epitashvili G, Geiger M Astrin J, Herder F, Japoshvili B, Mumladze L, (2020). Towards retrieving the Promethean treasure: a first molecular assessment of the freshwater fish diversity of Georgia, Biodiversity Data Journal, 10.3897/BDJ.8.e57862, 8.
• Negrobov OP, Manko P, Japoshvili B, Snegovaya N, Obona J. (2020).  New and additional faunistic records of the long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Azerbaijan and Georgia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 43-47. https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e53124
• Kuljanishvili T., Epitashvili G., Freyhof J., Japoshvili B., Kalous L., Levin B., Mustafayev N., Ibrahimov Sh., Pipoyan S., Mumladze L. (2020). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia,.Volume36, Issue 4,  501-514. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.14038.
• Negrobov O.P., Manko P., Japoshvili B., Snegovaya N., Oboňa  J. (2020). Records of the long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Azerbaijan and Georgia, Acta Mus. Siles. Sci. Natur., 69: 67-72, DOI: 10.2478/cszma-2020-0005.
• Pankvelashvili E, Japoshvili B & Mumladze L. (2020).  New remarkable record of Helicopsyche bacescui Orghidan and Botosaneanu, 1953 (Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae) from Georgia, Aquatic Insects, 41:2, 184-188, DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2020.1737135.
• Mumladze, L., Japoshvili, B. & Anderson, E.P. (2020). Faunal biodiversity research in the Republic of Georgia: a short review of trends, gaps, and needs in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot. Biologia 75, 1385–1397. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00398-6.
• Oboňa J., Dvořák L., Haenni J.-P., Hrivniak Ľ., Japoshvili B., Ježek J., Kerimova I., Máca J., Murányi D., Rendoš M., Słowińska I., Snegovaya N., Starý J., Manko. (2019). Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 277–295.
• Levin B.A., Gandlin A.A.,  Simonov E.S,  Levina M.A.,Barmintseva  A.E., Japoshvili B, Mugue N. S., Mumladze L., Mustafayev N.J., Pashkov A.N.,  Roubenyan H.R., Shapovalov M.I, Doadrio I. (2019). Phylogeny, phylogeography and hybridization of Caucasian barbels of the genus Barbus (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae),  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135,  31–44.
• Mumladze L, Bikashvili, A, Japoshvili B,  Anistratenko V.V. (2019). New alien species Mytilopsis leucophaeta and Corbicula fluminalis (Mollusca, Bivalvia) recorded in Georgia and notes on other non-indigenous molluscs invaded the central Transcaucasia.  Vestnik zoologii, 53(3): 553–556, DOI 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0053
• Zareian H, Esmaeili HR, Gholamhosseini A, Japoshvili  B,  Özuluğ M, Meyden RL. (2018).  Diversity, mitochondrial phylogeny, and ichthyogeography of the Capoeta capoeta complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae),   Hydrobiologia,  Vol. 806, Issue 1, 363-409.
• Gabelashvili S, Mumladze L, Bikashvili A, Sroka P, Godunko RL, Japoshvili B. (2018). The first annotated checklist of mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Insecta) of Georgia with new distribution data and a new record for the country,   Turkich Journal of  Zoology.
• Kuljanishvili T, Mumladze L, Kalous L, Japoshvili B. (2018). Fish species composition, sex ratio and growth parameters in Saghamo Lake (Southern Georgia), Biologia, Volume 73, Issue 1, pp 93–100.
• Japoshvili B, Mumladze L,  Murvanidze L. (2017). The population of Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) and its parasites in Madatapa Lake (South Georgia), Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 16 (2), 793-799.
• Leese F, Altermatt F, Bouchez A, et al.  (2016). DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e11321. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e11321.
• Turan D, Japoshvili B,  Aksu I, Bektaşa Y. (2016). Description of two new species of the genus Gobio (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Black Sea coast of Turkey, Zoology in the Middle East, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1182779
• Japoshvili B., Bozhadze M., Gioshvili M. (2016). A review of benthic fauna biodiversity in Georgia, Annals of Agrarian Science 14, 7-10.
• Bayçelebi, E., Turan, D., Japoshvili, B. (2015). Fish Fauna of Çoruh River and Two First Record for Turkey. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sicences, 15: 783-794. doi: 10.4194/1303-2712-v15_4_01.
• Japoshvili B., Pataridze A., Bozhadze M., Shubitidze Zh., Gioshvili M. (2015).  Littoral Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Their Correlation with the chemical composition of water in the Tbilisi Reservoir. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology. XXIV. Tbilisi-Publishin house “Ustari”. 238-246.
• Japoshvili B., Mumladze L. Kucuk F. (2013). Invasive Carassius Carp in Georgia: Current state of knowledge and future perspectives. Current Zoology. 59 (6): 1–8.
• Ninua, Japoshvili, Bochorishvili. (2013). Fishes of Georgia. Bilongual monograph. Publishing house “Tsigni_ERI” 180pp.
• Japoshvili B, Lehtonen T. K., Wong B. B. M., Lindström K. (2012).  Repeatability of nest size choice and nest building in sand gobies. Animal Behaviour 84 (2012) 913-917.
• Japoshvili B.  (2012). Longterm assessment of Vendace (Coregonus albula L.) stock in the lake Paravani,  Advances in Limnology, E.Schweizerbart'sche Science Publishers, Stutthart, Germany, 363-369.
• Shonia L., Japoshvili B., Kokosadze T. (2011).  The invasive species Pseudorazbora parva (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the ecosystem of Lake Bazaleti. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. V. 90. N10, 1277-1280.
• Japoshvili B., Japoshvili O. (2010). Condition of acclimatized vendace (Coregonus albula) in Paravani lake (South Georgia), Dynamics of inland fish and fisheries. DINFISH 2010. Book of abstracts p. 35.
• Japoshvili B., Japoshvili G. (2010). Gonad histology of vendace Coregonus albula in Lake Paravani, South Georgia. pages  154-157 in  Wyanski, D.M and Brown-Peterson, N.J. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Gonadal  Histology of Fishes. El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. http://hdl.handle.net/10261/24937
• Japoshvili B., Bozhadze M. (2010).  Influence of heavy metals on the concentration of biogenic elements in organs of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Proc. Georgian Acad. Sci., Biol.Ser. B, Vol.8.,No.1-2, p. 72-75.
• Ninua N., Japoshvili B., Japoshvili. (2009). Fishes of Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgian National Museum. Environmenatal and prehistory section. N1, 95-106.
• Japoshvili B., Japoshvili O. (2009). Present condition of Lake Paravani Ichthyofauna (South Georgia). 13th European congress of ichthyology, Klaipeda, Lithuania, p.55.
• Japoshvili B.  (2009). Monitoring on ichthyofauna in Paravani Lake, UNESCO, Paris-Stipa. p.42-43.
• Japoshvili B.  (2008). Longterm assessment of Vendace (Coregonus albula L.) stock in the lake Paravani, South Georgia, 10th International Coregonid symposium. Canada. Abstracts. p.32.
• Japoshvili G., Gabroshvili N., Japoshvili B. (2008). The phenology and parasitoid complex of Parthenolecanium corni Bouché in the city of Tbilisi and its surroundings and comparison with some other European countries. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Vol. 98(1):53-56.
• Ninua N., Japoshvili B. (2008). Check list of fishes of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology. XXIII, Tbilisi, p. 163 -176.
• Japoshvili B, Kokosadze T, Japoshvili O. (2007). Dynamics of condition factor  of vendace (Coregonus labula L.) in the lake Paravani. Proceedings of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Biol. Ser. B, No.1, Vol.5., p.29-32.
• Goletiani L, Japoshvili O, Japoshvili B. (2005). “Khramuli” (Capoeta capoeta Guldenstadt) spermatogenesis and sex cycle in the Jandari lake conditions. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. p. 99-105.
• Japosvili B., O. Ertan. O. Diler. (2004). A study results of morpho-bilogical characters of Carassius auratus L. in Egirdir lake(Turkey) and Carassius carassius L. in Paravani lake (Georgia), Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology, Vol. XXII, p. 280-283.
• Japosvili B. (2004). Some issues of embryonic development of vendace (Coregonus albula L.) in conditions of   Paravani lake.   Bull. of the Georgian Academy of sciences, Vol.170, N2, p. 390-393.
• Japosvili B. (2004). Age, growth, Condition factor and some morphometric characters of a vendace  (Coregonus albula) in the Lake Paravani, Proceedings of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Biol. Ser. B, Vol. 2, №1-2, p. 97-100.