Draft genome assembly for the colombian freshwater bocachico fish, Prochilodus magdalenae [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 We report the first draft genome assembly for Prochilodus magdalenae, the leading representative species of the Prochilodontidae family in Colombia. This 1.2-Gb assembly, with a GC content of 42.0% and a repetitive content of around 31.0%, is in the ...
Jonny Andrés Yepes-Blandón +9 more
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) Exposed to Trichlorfon-Induced Toxicity [PDF]
AnimalsTrichlorfon is an antiparasitic agent widely used to control pests and parasites in farmed fish. Tambaqui (C. macropomum) is the most commercially important characid species farmed in the Amazon region.
Hallana Cristina Menezes da Silva +8 more
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Phycocharax rasbora, a new genus and species of Brazilian tetra (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, rio Tapajós basin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 A new genus and species of characid fish is described from rio Braço Norte, a tributary of rio Teles Pires, Tapajós basin, Mato Groso, Brazil. The new taxa can be diagnosed from the remaining characids by a unique combination of characters that includes ...
Willian Massaharu Ohara +2 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Molecular studies have shown that Neotropical fishes of the order Characiformes have undergone two independent events of cave colonization. Among these fishes are the Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus), a well-studied model system for cave ...
Dahiana Arcila +12 more
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Revalidation of Saccocoelioides bacilliformis (Digenea, Haploporidae) parasitizing species of Astyanax (Characiformes, Characidae) from southern Brazil [PDF]
Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2019 In Argentina, Saccocoelioides bacilliformis Szidat, 1973 was described from specimens collected probably in Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758), but latter it was synonymyzed with Saccocoelioides octavus Szidat, 1970.
Moisés Gallas, Laura R. P. Utz
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New records and distribution extension of Hyphessobrycon itaparicensis Lima & Costa, 2001 (Characiformes: Characidae) in coastal drainages of Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2014 The present study reports the first record of the small characid fish Hyphessobrycon itaparicensis Lima and Costa, 2001 in two coastal drainages of Sergipe State, Brazil.
Marcelo Brito +3 more
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Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2006 The liver is an organ notable for its sensitivity to a great variety of environmental factors. It is composed of a parenchyma divided into irregular lobules by the exocrine pancreas or hepatopancreas; the pancreatic cells are arranged around a branch of ...
Gladys M. Petcoff +3 more
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Phylogenetic relationships of the neon tetras Paracheirodon spp. (Characiformes: Characidae: Stethaprioninae), including comments on Petitella georgiae and Hemigrammus bleheri [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2020 Neon tetras (Paracheirodon spp.) are three colorful characid species with a complicated taxonomic history, and relationships among the species are poorly known. Molecular data resolved the relationships among the three neon tetras, and strongly supported
Pedro Senna Bittencourt +4 more
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Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2014 A new species of characid dish, Astyanax armandoi, is described from Penjamo, near Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Para obtener el articulo completo pueden contactar al Editor de la Revista Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios en el siguiente correo ...
María de Lourdes Lozano - Vilano +1 more
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A new species of the micro snail genus Heleobia (Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from Bahia, Brazil
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 The prey of a recent described characid fish, so far endemic of the small lake Pratinha (Iraquara, Bahia, Brazil), a small (~2.5 mm) lentic gastropod, revealed to be a new (possible endemic) species. It is herein formally described as Heleobia brucutu sp.
Luiz Ricardo L. Simone +1 more
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