Three new species of the ‘ Geophagus’ brasiliensis species group from the northeast Brazil (Cichlidae, Geophagini) [PDF]
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2018 Morphological characters and phylogenetic trees generated by analyses of segments of two mitochondrial genes cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase I support recognition of three new species of the ‘Geophagus’ brasiliensis species group from coastal ...
Wilson J E M Costa
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Mapping the hidden diversity of the Geophagus sensu stricto species group (Cichlidae: Geophagini) from the Amazon basin. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 South American freshwater ichthyofauna is taxonomically the most diverse on the planet, yet its diversity is still vastly underestimated. The Amazon basin alone holds more than half of this diversity.
Ximenes AM +4 more
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Metal pollution assessment in a Brazilian hydroelectric reservoir: Geophagus brasiliensis as a suitable bioindicator organism [PDF]
Revista Ambiente & Água, 2017 Vossoroca is a reservoir in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Although it is located near big cities and can be used as a human water supply, it has remained unstudied. Concentrations of toxic metals and arsenic in sediments, water, liver, gills, and muscle
Halina Binde Doria +3 more
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Mesotrione herbicide promotes biochemical changes and DNA damage in two fish species [PDF]
Toxicology Reports, 2015 Mesotrione is one of the new herbicides that have emerged as an alternative after the ban of atrazine in the European Union. To our knowledge, any work using genetic or biochemical biomarkers was performed in any kind of fish evaluating the toxicity of ...
L.D.S. Piancini +3 more
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Diet and food consumption of the pearl cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis (Teleostei: Cichlidae): relationships with gender and sexual maturity [PDF]
Neotropical Ichthyology, 2011 Despite the importance of the pearl cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis for the aquarium fish trade worldwide and its wide distribution, many aspects of its biology, such as the relationships between its feeding ecology and reproductive behavior, are not ...
Rodrigo F Bastos +2 more
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Nematodes as indicators of environmental changes in a river with different levels of anthropogenic impact [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 Considering that changes in the biodiversity of parasite communities can be used as indicators of ecosystem health, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential use of Geophagus brasiliensis parasites as bioindicators of environmental changes ...
ATSLER LUANA LEHUN +2 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2022 Industrial wastewater and agricultural practices are among the main activities discharging organic pollutants, such as Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners and organochlorine insecticides (e.g.
Claudio Nona Morado +3 more
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2006 Relata-se a ocorrência de metacercárias de Diplostomum compactum (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) infectando Geophagus brasiliensis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) do reservatório de Barra Bonita, rio Tietê, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. As metacercárias foram coletadas
J.L.C. Novaes +3 more
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On some trematodes parasites of fishes from Paraná River [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001 Crassicutis cichlasomae Manter, 1936 is redescribed for the first time in South America and from a new host: Geophagus brasiliensis (Cichlidae). Iheringtrema iheringi Travassos, 1948 is redescribed for the first time since its original description from ...
B. M. M. FERNANDES, A. KOHN
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Ictiofauna do Rio Jurubatuba, Santos, São Paulo: um refúgio de diversidade em terras impactadas [PDF]
, 2010 Ichthyofaunistic surveys in the Atlantic Rainforest have been published in relatively few works, in spite of the major biological importance of this once vast biome which is rapidly vanishing due to disordered human population growth and natural ...
IGLESIAS, José Manoel Pires +1 more
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