The occurence of black spot disease in Astyanax aff. fasciatus(characiformes: characidae) in the Guaíba Lake basin, RS, Brazil
Black spot disease is common in freshwater fish and is usually caused by the metacercaria stage of digenetic trematodes, normally from the Diplostomidae family. The present study evaluated the prevalence and intensity of this disease in Astyanax aff. fasciatus(Teleostei: Characiformes) in the Guaíba...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842014003000017&lng=en&tlng=en |