Parasitism by argulids (Crustacea: Branchiura) in piranhas (Osteichthyes: Serrasalmidae) captured in the Caiçara bays, upper Paraguay River, Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil

In this study, 446 fishes were analyzed: 190 Pygocentrus nattereri, 193 Serrasalmus maculatus, and 63 S. marginatus.They were captured in two bays, upper and lower Caiçara, in the upper Paraguay River basin, during one hydrological cycle from May 2008 to April 2009. Six species of Branchiura were fo...

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Main Authors: Márcio Fontana, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, José Celso de Oliveira Malta, Lúcia Aparecida de Fátima Mateus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2012-09-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000300019