Evaluating the Presence of Interspecific Hybrids Among Piaractus mesopotamicus, Piaractus brachypomus and Colossoma macropomum in the Upper Paraná River Using Genetic Markers
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DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4262
Abstract: Fish hybridization is common in aquaculture worldwide, including in Brazil, with cross‐breeding between species of the genera Piaractus and Colossoma taking the lead. However, little is known about the genetic damage caused by hybrids that… read more here.
Keywords: colossoma; paran river; piaractus; brachypomus ... See more keywords
Morphology and molecular data of two novel cnidarian myxosporean (Myxobolidae) infecting Piaractus brachypomus from the Amazon basin.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105533
Abstract: The objective of this study was reports, through morphological and small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) sequencing, two novel myxobolid myxosporeans infecting Piaractus brachypomus, an economicaly important Amazonian fish popularly known as "pirapitinga". Of a… read more here.
Keywords: brachypomus; piaractus; infecting piaractus; two novel ... See more keywords
A new species of Piaractus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from the Orinoco Basin with a redescription of Piaractus brachypomus.
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13990
Abstract: Piaractus orinoquensis, a new species of serrasalmid fish, is described from the Orinoco River basin. The new species differs from congeners by having a slenderer body, relatively smaller head and snout, more compressed mid-body, fewer… read more here.
Keywords: species piaractus; piaractus characiformes; new species; piaractus ... See more keywords