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Pisciculture du Pirarucu [PDF]

BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES, 1985
Le pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, famille des Ostéoglossidés, est le plus grand poisson d'eau douce du monde. C'est un poisson d'eau chaude équatoriale qui vit dans le bassin du fleuve Amazone. Son régime alimentaire est carnivore et il respire l'air à la surface. Son habitat naturel est l'eau « noire » des forêts, dans les endroits calmes.
Bard, Jacques, Palmeira Imbirida, E.
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Effect of dietary taurine supplementation on the growth and blood physiological parameters of juvenile pirarucu [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2020
For some fish species, dietary taurine supplementation has been proven necessary in feeds with considerable utilization of vegetable proteins to substitute fishmeal.
Ana Paula Oeda RODRIGUES, Marcello Cappio Nunes SILVA, Emiliano Salvatore BERETTA, Flávio Augusto Leão da FONSECA, Giuliana PARISI, Luís Eugênio Castanheira da CONCEIÇÃO, Ligia Uribe GONÇALVES   +6 more
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Feeding frequency affects feed intake and growth in juvenile pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2019
Pirarucu is one of the main fish species for the development of aquaculture in the Amazon. In this study, the optimal feeding frequency for juvenile pirarucu was assessed based on growth and feed efficiency. Juvenile pirarucu weighing ca.
Ana Paula Oeda RODRIGUES, Adriana Ferreira LIMA, Caniggia Lacerda ANDRADE, Rafaella Machado dos Santos de MEDEIROS   +3 more
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Parasitism of Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) in fish farms of the state of Amazonas, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022
The objective of this study was to investigate the parasites occurrences and to determine the rates of infestation/parasitic infection in juvenile Arapaima gigas from seven fish farms in the state of Amazonas, relating to the characteristics of these ...
Marilson Farias Gama, Daniel Brito Porto, Hélio Daniel Beltrão dos Anjos, Franmir Rodrigues Brandão, Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo, Patricia Oliveira Maciel-Honda, Edsandra Campos Chagas   +6 more
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Oropharyngeal morphological aspects of Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)

Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 2022
The study of the functional anatomy of the digestive system of fish, in particular the oropharyngeal cavity, is of great importance because it allows inferences about the feeding habit, mechanisms of capture, selection, and processing of food carried ...
Luana Félix de Melo, Julia Bastos de Aquino, Keila Silva Pinto, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Maria Angelica Miglino, Sandro de Vargas Schons, Rose Eli Grassi Rici   +6 more
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Recount pirarucu: a method for evaluating the quality of the pirarucu counts.

Scientific Magazine UAKARI, 2011
The pirarucu counting method is a simplified stock assessment that has been used as the main parameter for establishing the annual fishing quotas in the management system of the Mamirauá and Amanã Reserves. In spite of the method’s directness, considering the recent expansion of managed fisheries, we cannot confirm that the counters thoroughly obey the
Lorena Candice de Araújo Andrade, Ellen Silvia Ramos Amaral, Nataluzo Balbino da Silva, Helder Lima de Queiroz   +3 more
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Fish By-Products Utilization in Food and Health: Extraction Technologies, Bioactive, and Sustainability Challenges. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
Fish by‐products, often discarded, are rich sources of bioactive peptides, collagen, and omega‐3s with antioxidant, antihypertensive, and antimicrobial properties. Advanced, sustainable extraction technologies can valorize this waste into functional food, nutraceutical, and biomedical ingredients.
Waqar M, Sajjad N, Ullah Q, Vasanthkumar SS, Ahmed F, Panpipat W, Aluko RE, Kaur L, Chaijan M, Ageru TA.   +9 more
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Effect of natural food consumption on the first phase of pirarucu grow-out in ponds and cages [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2023
Pirarucu, Arapaima gigas is a fish species of great social and economic importance in the Amazon region, where they are often farmed in earthen ponds.
Hyago Jovane Borges de OLIVEIRA, Adriana Ferreira LIMA, Lorhane Caroline Ferreira da LAPA, Hygo Jovane Borges de OLIVEIRA, Flávia Tavares de MATOS, Alex Pires de Oliveira NUÑER   +5 more
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Point for Enrichment, Point for Welfare—Testing Use of a Laser Pointer with Arapaima gigas

Animals, 2023
The arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is one of the largest freshwater fish species, known to exceed 3 m in total length. It is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN. A. gigas is native to the Amazon River basin where they are an important food source.
Eszter Matrai, Hau Yin Alfred Chan, Fung Ming Leung, Shaw Ting Kwok, Xiao Lin, Paolo Martelli   +5 more
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Assessing the population structure of Plagioscion squamosissimus (Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the São Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil, using body morphology and otolith shape signatures. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract The south American silver croaker, Plagioscion squamosissimus, holds significant importance for the artisanal fisheries in the sub‐middle and lower courses of the São Francisco River, located in northeastern Brazil. To investigate the population structure of this species along its longitudinal profile, a total of 150 individuals (50 fish per ...
Freitas FL, Pereira NS, Pinheiro PB, Schroeder R, Correia AT.   +4 more
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