ABSTRACT: Tetraodontidae is the most speciose family of Tetraodontiformes and is represented by fish popularly known as pufferfishes. They are characterized by modified jaws with four dental plates and the ability to inflate their bodies. Tetraodontids are distributed throughout the world and have a wide range of habitat use. One of its genera, Sphoeroides, shows a biogeographical pattern, with 19 of its 21 sp...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:53:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1991-01-01; Habitat, activity period, food, predators, and defensive behavior are briefly described for five species of snakes with coral-snake pattern, sympatric in southeastern Brazil: Micrurus frontalis, M. lemniscatus, Erythrolamprus aesculapii, Oxyrhopus guibei, and Simophis rhinostoma. Defensive behaviors wer...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:55:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2001-06-30; Butterflyfishes of the genus Chaetodon (Chaetodontidae) are mostly bottom-feeders, and juveniles of some Pacific species are known to clean other fish. Herein we report on occasional cleaning by adult individuals of the Western Atlantic butterflyfish Chaetodon striatus, during their plankton-feeding agg...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:56:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2003-01-01; At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southwest Atlantic, reef fishes associated with spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) were recorded when the cetaceans congregated in a shallow inlet. In the reef waters the dolphins engaged in several behaviors such as resting, aerial displays and other social int...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:14:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-12-01; Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are cleaned and followed by reef fishes at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeast Brazil. During foraging, turtles are cleaned by damselfishes (Abudefduf saxatilis and Stegastes rocasensis), and followed by juvenile wrasses (Thalassoma noronhanum and Ha...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:36:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-12-01; We describe a new species of Cycloramphus of the eleutherodactylus group from the Ilha dos Alcatrazes, southeastern Brazil, with descriptions of advertisement and territorial calls and notes on natural history. Additionally, we describe the advertisement and territorial calls of C. eleutherodactylus. Th...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-05-01T07:58:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-08-01; Temporal constancy of pollination systems is essential for the maintenance of pollinators through time. Community-level assessment of flowering phenology allows understanding variations across seasons and years and the risks of decoupling flowering and pollinators’ activity. We evaluated flowering patte...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-07-14T10:29:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-14T11:31:36Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1676-06032004000100011.pdf: 454298 bytes, checksum: e4d367b47106a7f768de716a80b3aed6 (MD5); Nas ilhas oceânicas de Fernando de Noronha, ao largo da costa Nordeste do Brasil, registramos tartarugas-de-pente (Eretmochelys imbricata) visitando ...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-07-14T10:29:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-14T11:31:36Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1676-06032004000200016.pdf: 76398 bytes, checksum: 2f9a191ad56b2b0ce313bfb66de884d0 (MD5); Descrevemos aqui um possível exemplo de mimetismo de proteção entre o saramunete Mulloidichthys martinicus (Mullidae) e a xira Haemulon chrysargyreum ...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-07-14T10:29:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-14T11:31:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1676-06032005000100018.pdf: 586982 bytes, checksum: 47ec1f77e6f8fd94344b33a5ad69b95c (MD5); Lagartos raramente visitam e polinizam flores, os poucos registros estando restritos a ambientes insulares. Registramos aqui a mabuia de Noronha (Eup...