First study on communities of parasites in Triportheus rotundatus, a Characidae fish from the Amazon River system (Brazil)

Abstract This study was the first investigation on the parasites of Triportheus rotundatus, a Characiformes fish from the Amazon, in Brazil. All the fish collected (100%) in a tributary from the Amazon River system were infected by one or more parasite species. The mean species richness of parasites...

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Main Authors: Paulo Henrique Nascimento Santos, Marcos Tavares-Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612016005010115&lng=en&tlng=en