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The construction of a data bank concerning metal and metalloid content of bioindicator fish from coastal areas is very important as it can help environmental managers in decision making.
J. S. Azevedo +3 more
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Shearing Tooth Morphology May Allow Sharks to Access Higher Trophic Levels at Smaller Sizes. [PDF]
Predator morphology imposes limitations on prey selection due to biomechanical constraints, making some prey functionally inaccessible and thereby constraining predator trophic niches. We assessed how two key components of trophic morphology—tooth shape and body size—affect prey selectivity and trophic niche in two sympatric sharks with contrasting ...
Riverón S +7 more
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Karyotypes of three species of marine catfishes from Brazil
The chromosomes of three species of fishes belonging to the family Ariidae -Netuma barba, Genidens genidens and Amis parkeri - were studied after conventional Giemsa staining. All three species have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 56.
Vicente Gomes +2 more
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Kumukumu 1, a hilltop site in the Aird Hills: Implications for occupational trends and dynamics in the Kikori River delta, south coast of Papua New Guinea [PDF]
We report on archaeological excavations undertaken at Kumukumu 1 atop the dense rainforest-clad Aird Hills of the Kikori river delta islands, south coast of Papua New Guinea.
Aplin, Ken +8 more
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Artisanal fisherfolk’s Local Ecological Knowledge on catfish and fishing legislations: a necessary dialog [PDF]
The presence of catfish of the Ariidae family in the list of endangered species of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), as from 2014, led to forbidding fishing two species of this family.
Sammer Maravilha Chagas Gilio-Dias +3 more
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The article describes the feeding habits of the catfish Sciades herzbergii caught in the Crabs Island (Ilha dos Caranguejos), an important coastal area of the Maranhão state, Brazil.
E.B. Ribeiro +2 more
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Ontogeny of the osteocranium in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus burchell (1822) (Siluriformes: Clariidae): Ossification sequence as a response to functional demands [PDF]
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Adriaens, Dominique, Verraes, Walter
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A sexually mature albino specimen of the Gillbacker Sea Catfish species Sciades parkeri (Siluriformes, Ariidae), a vulnerable species, was captured in northern Amazon estuary, State of Pará, Brazil.
Marcelo C. Andrade +3 more
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Sea catfishes (Ariidae) feeding on freshwater floodplains of northern Australia [PDF]
Flooding of the terminal floodplains of northern Australian rivers provides a greatly expanded, productive habitat accessed by both freshwater and estuarine fishes. This study aimed to determine the extent to which sea catfishes (Ariidae) make use of floodplains and the reasons for doing so (i.e. spawning, feeding).
Bradley J. Pusey +3 more
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As espécies nominais das regiões norte e nordeste da América do Sul, reconhecidas na literatura como sinônimos júnior de Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) têm seu status específico revisto.
Alexandre P. Marceniuk
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