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A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 from the upper Rio Paraná basin (Characiformes, Anostomidae) with redescription of L. elongatus Valenciennes, 1850 and L. obtusidens (Valenciennes, 1837)

open access: yesPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2012
Leporinus obtusidens Valenciennes, 1837 and L. elongatus Valenciennes, 1850 are redescribed based on the type specimens, including those of their junior synonyms, and recently collected specimens.
Heraldo A. Britski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from rio Tocantins basin, northern Brazil

open access: yesNeotropical Ichthyology, 2021
A new species of Rhyacoglanis is described from the rapids of Jatobal, Pará State, Brazil. This species differs from the congeners by fusing hypurals 3, 4, and 5 (vs. hypural 5 free).
Oscar A. Shibatta   +2 more
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Hydromechanics of swimming propulsion. Part 3. Swimming and optimum movements of slender fish with side fins [PDF]

open access: yes, 1971
This paper seeks to evaluate the swimming flow around a typical slender fish whose transverse cross-section to the rear of its maximum span section is of a lenticular shape with pointed edges, such as those of spiny fins, so that these side edges are ...
Wu, T. Yao-Tsu
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Description of a new species of Tatia from rio Tocantins drainage, central Brazil, with notes on Tatia simplex Mees, 1974 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) [PDF]

open access: yesNeotropical Ichthyology, 2020
Tatia comprises twenty-five valid species, distributed in the main inland watersheds of South America, including the Orinoco, Essequibo, and coastal rivers of Suriname, Amazon, upper rio Paraná and São Francisco basins.
Jordson de Souza e Souza   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Callichthyidae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) dissection protocol v1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This protocol shows how to dissect callichthyid fishes without losing importante anatomical information about the relative position and shape of internal organs.
Karina Carvalho F. Ferreira   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Molecular species delimitation of the genera Anodus, Argonectes, Bivibranchia and Micromischodus (Ostariophysi: Characiformes)

open access: yesNeotropical Ichthyology, 2021
A good taxonomic assessment of specimens is an essential task to many biological studies and DNA data have provided additional sources of information to assist in the disentanglement of taxonomic problems among living organisms, as has been the case of ...
A. F. Nogueira   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Chinese hook snout carp Opsariichthys bidens (Actinopterygii : Cyprinifonnes) and an altemative pattem of mitogenomic evolution in vertebrate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Chinese hook snout carp, Opsariichthys bidens, was newly determined using the long and accurate polymerase chain reaction method.
He, Shunping   +4 more
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Similarity and genetic relationship analysis of 28 species of Pangasiidae (Siluriformes, Ostariophysi)

open access: yes, 2021
Pangasiid catfishes have most diverse morphotype among members in the family. In the past, misidentification often occurred for the species definition.
R. Gustiano   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardiac myoglobin deficit has evolved repeatedly in teleost fishes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Collins MR   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The cephalic lateral-line system of Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): anatomy and phylogenetic implications

open access: yesZoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020
The lateral-line system has been traditionally recognized as an important source of phylogenetic information for different groups of fishes. Although extensively studied in Siluriformes and Cypriniformes, the lateral-line system of Characiformes remained
M. Pastana, F. A. Bockmann, A. Datovo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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