[PDF] Top 20 Neotrop. ichthyol. - vol.3 número2

... Rio Negro, 10.4 km below rio Demimi (1°13’01"S, 62°14’29"W), MZUSP 55687, 1 (37). Rio Negro, 6.5 km below Jufari (1°17’37"S 61°56’57"W), MZUSP 55647, 8 (48-78). Rio Negro, near Baia do Cuieirus, MZUSP ... See full document

... de Ciências e Letras do Médio Araguaia, Universidade Fed- eral de Mato Grosso-Brazil, where they were analyzed. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da Pontífica Universidade Católica do ... See full document

... Nov 2000. MCP 26829, 3, Rosário do Sul, sanga da Areia on road RS 640, tributary of rio Santa Maria, 29 Nov 2000. MZUSP 40059, 22, Pelotas, rio Pelotas, 9 May 1967. MZUSP 41022, 12 of 26, same data as for MCP ... See full document

... series (number of plates with the lateral line, counted from the posterior process of compound pterotic to last plate in me- dian series, but not including the horizontally elongate plates covering the insertion of the ... See full document

... We found yellowish juvenile coneys (Cephalopholis fulva) at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off Northeast Brazil, joining schools of similarly sized and coloured brown chromis (Chromis [r] ... See full document

... branchial tissue, using the phenol/chloroform protocol, according to Sambrook & Russel (2001). The amplification of the D-Loop mitochondrial segment (1300 bp) was achieved by Polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The ... See full document

... osteoglossiforms have been considered the most basal branch of extant Teleostei (Le et al., 1993; Inoue et al., 2001), and the results of A. gigas having 2n=56 biarmed chromosomes sup- port the idea of a higher 2n value ... See full document

... The results of a marking and recapture program carried out along rio Paraopeba between 1997 and 2001 are described, using information from fish community studies conducted at ten samplin[r] ... See full document

... Capivari). To detect the tag signal, we used two 3-element Yagi antennas set at an angle of 90 o and set the receiver gain at a high value. After the tag signal had been detected, we reduced the receiver gain in ... See full document

... drift, and (3) diagonal cross encounters where trumpetfish descended diagonally through the water column while ad- justing trajectory to encounter target prey. Individual fish used multiple tactics. Horizontal ... See full document

... Dorsal fin roughly triangular; its origin just posterior to third dorsolateral body plate. Dorsal spine shorter than first three branched rays. Distal tip of dorsal spine slightly curved posteriorly. Anterior and ... See full document

... The reproductive strategies of surgeonfishes of the genus Acanthurus are well known for all Atlantic species except the Monrovia doctorfish, Acanthurus monroviae, an eastern Atlantic sur[r] ... See full document

... In the streams inhabited by juvenile dourados there are also large schools of piraputangas Brycon hilarii (Characidae), curimbas Prochilodus lineatus (Prochilodontidae) and piaus- três-pintas Leporinus friderici ... See full document

... tered in cracks and interstitial spaces of granitic and lateritic rocks in flow. Gut contents of all individuals consisted largely of small grained (<0.001mm diameter) mineral matrix. Identifi- able organic material ... See full document

... The species of Hyphessobrycon have been grouped according to the color pattern of their body and dorsal fin (Eigenmann, 1918; Géry, 1977). According to the color pattern, Hyphessobrycon scutulatus would be placed among ... See full document

... Three cases of color abnormalities and one of morphological aberration in flatfishes of the genus Achirus are described from the Piraquê-Açú River estuary, Espírito Santo, Brazil.. decli[r] ... See full document

... (2008) distinguished four types of modification in pigmentation observed in Brazilian troglobitic fishes: decrease in the number/density of melanophores; decrease in the size of melano[r] ... See full document

... Pectoral-fin total rays 7(1), 8(5) or 9*(14), second and third rays longest. Tip of adpressed pectoral fin not reaching pelvic-fin origin. Postcleitrum 1 present. Pelvic- fin total rays 8(3), 9*(14) or 10(2); ... See full document

... Thanks to Melanie Stiassny, Scott Schaefer, Barbara Brown, Thomas Vigliotta (AMNH), Lynne Parenti, Jeffrey Clayton, Sandra Raredon, Diane Pitassy, Kris Murphy (USNM), Jonathan Armbruster, David Werneke (AUM), George ... See full document

... the Uruguay River, South Brazil. Our aims were to: i) estimate the number of breeding males and females in the population; ii) assess the most prevalent genetic mating system in both s[r] ... See full document