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Padilha, Geraldo Eustáquio Valente; Faculdade de Ciências, Filosofia e Letras do Alto São Francisco / Faculdade Pitágoras; Carvalho, Júnia Aparecida Bernardes Afonso de; Faculdade de Ciências, Filosofia e Letras do Alto São Francisco; Boncompagni-Júnior, Orion; Faculdade de Ciências, Filosofia e Letras do Alto São Francisco; Domingos, Fabrício Flávio Theophilo; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Thomé, Ralph Gruppi; Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei / Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. |
Reproductive activity of ‘piau gordura’ Leporinus piau was studied using biometric, macroscopic and microscopic analysis. A total of 74 specimens of L. piau were collected quarterly from January to December 2005 in a small deactivated hydropower plant located at Jorge Pequeno Stream and preserved in a fixative solution until analysis. The alterations after fixation were evaluated. The stages of gonadal maturation were determined by histology and gonadosomatic index (GSI). The females and males in the spawning capable and regressing stage were registered from October to December. L. piau is total spawning and the HSI (hepatossomatic index), SRI (stomach repletion index) and CFI (coelomic fat index) of females and males did not showed a statistical... |
Tipo: Morphological studies |
Palavras-chave: Anostomidae; Reproduction; Biological indexes; Tributary; São Francisco river. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/17675 |