Age and growth of the porthole shovelnose catfish (Hemisorubim platyrhynchos) in the Pantanal

The Porthole Shovelnose Catfish, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos, is the sixth largest pimelodidae of the Pantanal. Its age and growth were studied using pectoral fin-spines from fish collected in the Cuiabá river basin, Pantanal. The fish, which came from commercial and experimental fisheries, were all c...

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Main Authors: J. M. F. Penha, L. A. F. Mateus, G. Barbieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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age
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842004000500013&lng=en&tlng=en