Distribution modelling for Neotropical freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon brachyura and Potamotrygon motoro ( Myliobatiformes, Potamotrygonidae ) in the Uruguay River basin [PDF]
Journal of Fish BiologyAbstract 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 ...
Danilo Araújo Soares Pereira
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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 +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 +3 more
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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 +8 more
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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 +1 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2007 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 +1 more
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Rhythmic chew cycles with distinct fast and slow phases are ancestral to gnathostomes. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Richard BA +8 more
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Host relationships and geographic distribution of species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Onchoproteocephalidea, Onchobothriidae) in elasmobranchs: a metadata analysis. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2020 Zaragoza-Tapia F +3 more
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Injuries caused by fish to fishermen in the Vale do Alto Juruá, Western Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop, 2019 Costa TND +3 more
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