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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): 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): 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): 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): ALMEIDA, I. G.; IANELLA, P.; FARIA, M. T.; PAIVA, S. R.; CAETANO, A. R. Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossidae) is one of the largest fish species in the Amazon Basin, attaining lengths of over 2.5 m and weights of over 100 kg. Its flesh is prized, and it has great potential for... ... |
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