Molecular authentication of Pargo fillets Lutjanus purpureus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) by DNA barcoding reveals commercial fraud
ABSTRACT The Caribbean Red Snapper (Pargo) Lutjanus purpureus is the most economically important snapper in Brazil, which is sold, among other forms, as frozen fillets. During the process of transformation into fillets there is the removal of the distinctive morphological traits, being able to favor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
2018-03-01
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Series: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252018000100211&lng=en&tlng=en |