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Reproductive and population parameters of discus fish symphysodon aequifasciatu...
Rossoni, Felipe; Amadio, Sidinéia Aparecida; Ferreira, Efrem J.G.; Zuanon, JansenThe ornamental discus fish Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904, is a popular endemic cichlid species from the Amazon basin, however scientific information concerning biology and ecology in its natural habitat is scarce despite its importance on the international aquarium trade. In this study we evaluated reproductive parameters of S. aequifasciatus in natural habitat in Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Developm...
A pesca e o conhecimento ecológico local dos pescadores de acará-disco (Symphys...
Rossoni, Felipe; Ferreira, Efrem; Zuanon, Jansen
A new species of spiny driftwood catfish Spinipterus (Siluriformes: Auchenipter...
Rocha, Marcelo Salles; Rossoni, Felipe; Akama, Alberto; Zuanon, JansenAn expedition to the middle Rio Purus basin uncovered a remarkable new species of the genus Spinipterus. The new species has a very distinct and conspicuous colour pattern resembling a jaguar and it is almost four times larger than Spinipterus acsi, a small specimen (32 mm LS) from Caño Santa Rita, a right bank tributary of Río Nanay in Peru and a second specimen was reported from Rio Juruá, Amazonas State, Bra...
Fishery and local ecological knowledge of the discus (Symphysodon aequifasciatu...
Rossoni, Felipe; Ferreira, Efrem J.G.; Zuanon, JansenThe discus fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Pellegrin 1904), an endemic cichlid from the Amazon basin, is one of the most popular ornamental fish species in the world. However, there is little information available in the scientific literature on the exploitation of this species in its natural habitat. In this article we describe the small-scale discus fisheries activity in the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Suste...
A new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Cladorchiidae), parasite of Sym...
Lopes, Luiza P C; Karling, Letícia Cucolo; Takemoto, R. M.; Rossoni, Felipe; Ferreira, Efrem J.G.; Pavanelli, Gilberto CezarSummary: The present paper describes a new species of Dadayius Fukui, 1929 (Trematoda, Digenea), parasite of Symphysodon aequifasciatus Pellegrin, 1904, a freshwater fish. The fish were collected from the Purus River, Amazonas State, Brazil. This new species has a long body and, different from other species of the genus, an arch-shaped ovary and a sinuous oesophagus with an ovoid bulb. This is the first record ...