Dimorfismo sexual de las aletas pélvicas en Potamotrygon motoro (Batoidea: Potamotrigonidae)
Los claspers en los condrictios son alargamientos especializados en el lado posterior de las aletas pélvicas de los machos que se utilizan para la transferencia de esperma durante la cópula. El objetivo del presente estudio fue la descripción y caracterización de la morfología externa y los componentes esqueléticos en aletas pélvicas del clasper de ...
Dante Pérez +4 more
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Digenea, Nematoda, Cestoda, and Acanthocephala, parasites in Potamotrygonidae (Chondrichthyes) from the upper Paraná River floodplain, states of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil [PDF]
The present paper represents the first study on the endoparasitic fauna of Potamotrygon falkneri and P. motoro in the upper Paraná River floodplain. Fishes were collected by fishing rod and gillnetting in different stations of the floodplain, from March,
Ana Lacerda +2 more
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Proposal of a non-lethal visual census method to estimate freshwater stingray abundance
There is not a current method to estimate South American freshwater stingray’s abundance. Therefore we designed a census method and tested it in the field.
Mónica Andrea Morales-Betancourt +1 more
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UMA ÁREA DE VIDA RESTRITA AUMENTA A VULNERABILIDADE DA RAIA-DE-FOGO, Potamotrygon motoro, A PESCA EM UM HOTSPOT DE BIODIVERSIDADE DA REGIÃO NEOTROPICAL [PDF]
In this study a telemetry-based approach was used to examine the movements and the habitat utilization of Potamotrygon motoro, a widespread species of potamotrygonid stingray of South America.
Daros, Felippe Alexandre Miranda de Lisboa +5 more
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As raias Potamotrygon falkneri e Potamotrygon motoro foram avaliadas em relação à composição de suas dietas e a sobreposição do nicho trófico nos períodos de seca (agosto/2004) e cheia (janeiro/2005) na planície alagável do alto rio Paraná, em três ...
Alessandra Pasian Lonardoni +3 more
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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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Morphology and morphometry of blood cells of two species of freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae) from the lower Solimões river, Amazon [PDF]
Cytomorphological evaluation of peripheral blood provides information about the health status of animals, in addition to being indicators of environmental contamination.
MARCIO QUARA DE C. SANTOS +3 more
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Ascorbic Acid Biosynthesis and Brackish Water Acclimation in the Euryhaline Freshwater White-Rimmed Stingray, Himantura signifer [PDF]
10.1371/journal.pone.0066691PLoS ...
Chew, S.F. +5 more
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A histology-based study in apparently healthy wild freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon motoro [PDF]
Histopathological studies are important as a reference in pathological process. There are a few of these studies in elasmobranchs. The aim of this study was to describe the histology of kidney, spleen, liver, and gills of wild apparently healthy Potamotrygon motoro. However, we observed some pathological findings in these animals. Nineteen P.
de Moraes, Julieta Engrácia +3 more
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Not just shades of grey: life is full of colour for the ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) [PDF]
ABSTRACTPrevious studies have shown that marine stingrays have the anatomical and physiological basis for colour vision, with cone spectral sensitivity in the blue to green range of the visible spectrum. Behavioural studies on Glaucostegus typus also showed that blue and grey can be perceived and discriminated.
Vera Schluessel +4 more
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