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Conservation threats and future prospects for the freshwater fishes of Ecuador: A hotspot of Neotropical fish diversity. [PDF]

J Fish Biol, 2021
ABSTRACT Freshwater fish communities in Ecuador exhibit some of the highest levels of diversity and endemism in the Neotropics. Unfortunately, aquatic ecosystems in the country are under serious threat and conditions are deteriorating. In 2018–19, the government of Ecuador sponsored a series of workshops to examine the conservation status of Ecuador's ...
Aguirre WE, Alvarez-Mieles G, Anaguano-Yancha F, Burgos Morán R, Cucalón RV, Escobar-Camacho D, Jácome-Negrete I, Jiménez Prado P, Laaz E, Miranda-Troya K, Navarrete-Amaya R, Nugra Salazar F, Revelo W, Rivadeneira JF, Valdiviezo Rivera J, Zárate Hugo E.   +15 more
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Trends in Medicinal Uses of Edible Wild Vertebrates in Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2017
The use of food medicines is a widespread practice worldwide. In Brazil, such use is often associated with wild animals, mostly focusing on vertebrate species. Here we assessed taxonomic and ecological trends in traditional uses of wild edible vertebrates in the country, through an extensive ethnobiological database analysis. Our results showed that at
Alves RRN, Oliveira TPR, Oliveira TPR, Medeiros MFT.   +3 more
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Distribution modelling for Neotropical freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon brachyura and Potamotrygon motoro (Myliobatiformes, Potamotrygonidae) in the Uruguay River basin. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract This study aimed to identify geographical distribution patterns of the giant short‐tailed river stingray Potamotrygon brachyura and the motoro stingray Potamotrygon motoro in the Uruguay River basin. Data on presence/absence of stingrays were based on fishers' knowledge accessed by interviews through expeditions in Brazil, Argentina and ...
Pereira DAS, Reis RE, Fontoura NF.
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Wild animals used as food medicine in Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
The connection between eating and healing is common in traditional folk medical systems, and the multiple possibilities resulting from the combination of biodiversity and culture confer a wealth and complexity in terms of knowledge of the flora and fauna as to their potential as food medicine.
Alves RR, Oliveira TP, Rosa IL.
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Ichthyofauna used in traditional medicine in Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012
Fish represent the group of vertebrates with the largest number of species and the largest geographic distribution; they are also used in different ways by modern civilizations. The goal of this study was to compile the current knowledge on the use of ichthyofauna in zootherapeutic practices in Brazil, including ecological and conservational commentary
El-Deir AC, Collier CA, de Almeida Neto MS, Silva KM, Policarpo Ida S, Araújo TA, Alves RR, de Albuquerque UP, de Moura GJ.   +8 more
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The faunal drugstore: animal-based remedies used in traditional medicines in Latin America. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2011
Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this phenomenon has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant ...
Alves RR, Alves HN.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Morfometria de raias continentais (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae) do alto rio Paraná, Brasil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i4.885

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2008
Potamotrygonidae constitui o único grupo recente de Chondrichthyes cujo habitat está restrito, exclusivamente, a águas continentais. Na planície de inundação do Alto rio Paraná, espécies desta família estabeleceram-se após o fechamento das comportas da ...
Antonio Guilherme Cândido da Silva, Erivelto Goulart   +1 more
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Comparison of the effects of anticoagulants used in blood collection to determine blood parameters of free-living stingrays from the Potamotrygon genus (Elasmobranchii: Potamotrygonidae). [PDF]

, 2017
This study assessed the effectiveness of three anticoagulants in blood parameters of "cururu" stingrays Potamotrygon cf . histrix. Blood from ten individuals were collected and diluted with anticoagulants EDTA 5% and 10%, heparin 2500 and 5000 UI and ...
LEMOS, J. R. G., MARCON, J. L., OLIVEIRA, A. T. de, SANTOS, M. Q. de C., TAVARES-DIAS, M.   +4 more
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Fish fauna from Río Pilcomayo National Park and Ramsar Site and its surroundings, Formosa, Argentina [PDF]

, 2014
The first list of fish species from the Río Pilcomayo National Park and Ramsar Site (RPNP), located in the WetChaco plains of Northern Argentina is presented here.
Baigún, Claudio Rafael M., Brancolini, Florencia, Colautti, Dario César, López, Hugo, Minotti, Priscilla Gail, Protogino, Lucila Cristina   +5 more
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Hematologia, perfil bioquímico e hormônios da tireoide em quatro espécies de arraias de água doce do gênero Potamotrygon [PDF]

, 2015
Potamotrygonidae is a family of freshwater stingray endemic in South America. We determined the hematological and serum biochemistry parameters of Potamotrygon motoro and Potamotrygon falkneri from Parana Basin and Potamotrygon orbignyi and Potamotrygon ...
Brito, Fernando Moraes Machado, Claudiano, Gustavo da Silva, Moraes, Flávio Ruas de, Moraes, Julieta Rodini Engrácia de, Mundim, Antônio Vicente, Tavares-Dias, Marcos, Viadanna, Pedro Henrique Oliveira, Yunis, Jefferson   +7 more
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