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Author(s): TORATI, L. S.; LIMA, A. F.; MESQUITA, P. E. C.; TAGGART, J. B.; ALBALAT, A.; TAYLOR, J.; MIGAUD, H. This communication will present preliminary findings on the development of tools to improve captive reproduction of A. gigas. A method for ovary inspection through gonoductoscopy was developed to over... ... |
Author(s): RODRIGUES, M. de N. G.; DIAS, M. K. R.; MARINHO, R. das G. B.; TAVARES-DIAS, M. We investigated the ecological relationships between parasites and the host silver arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Cuvier, 1829 from Amazonian basin, in Brazil. A total of 1,570.539 parasites belongi... ... |
Author(s): RODRIGUES, A. P. O.; MORO, G. V.; SANTOS, V. R. V. dos; FREITAS, L. E. L. de; FRACALOSSI, D. M. Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) of nine protein ingredients were determined for pirarucu Arapaima gigas, a Neotropical fish species with great aquaculture potential in the Amazon. ADCs of c... ... |
Author(s): NOGUEIRA, F.; RÊGO, P. S. do; QUEIROZ, H.; VENERE, P.; VARELA, E. S.; SAMPAIO, I.; SCHNEIDER, H.; ARARIPE, J. Arapaima is a widely-distributed fish of enormous economic importance in the Amazon region. In the present study, a total of 232 specimens were sampled, 121 from five sites in the Amazon basin and 111... ... |
Author(s): TORATI, L. S.; MIGAUD, H.; DOHERTY, M. K.; SIWY, J.; MULLEN, W.; MESQUITA, P. E. C.; ALBALAT, A. Parental investment in Arapaima gigas includes nest building and guarding, followed by a care provision when a cephalic fluid is released from the parents' head to the offspring. This fluid has presum... ... |
Author(s): TAVARES-DIAS, M.; SOUSA, T. J. S. M.; NEVES, L. R. The parasitic fauna of wild Osteoglossum bicirrhosum from central Amazon (Brazil) and wild Astronotus ocellatus from eastern Amazon (Brazil) as well as the host-parasite relationship were evaluated. 8... ... |
Author(s): DIAS, M. T.; SOUZA, T. J. S. M.; SILVA, A. M. O.; FERNANDES, J. S.; SILVA, E. F.
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Author(s): KIRSCHNIK, L. N. G.; LOPES, J. T.; LIMA, A. F.; TORATI, L. S. In this study we provide a first complete ultrastructure description of the spermatozoa from pirarucu A. gigas collected in vivo. To do so, adult male broodstocks of A. gigas held at Embrapa Fisheries... ... |
Author(s): TORATI, L. S.; LOPES, J. T.; LIMA, A. F.; KIRSCHNIK, L. N. G. In this study we report novel information on the opening position of the spermatic duct of Arapaima gigas, and method to collect semen in live broodstocks. |
Author(s): TORATI, L. S.; LOPES, J. T.; LIMA, A. F.; PUVANENDRAN, V.; BATLOUNI, S. R.; KIRSCHNIK, L. N. G. The pirarucu, Arapaima gigas, is an emblematic endangered Amazon osteoglossid with high potential for aquaculture development. In this study, we report the in vivo collection of semen from pirarucu fo... ... |
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