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| L.,María Doris Escobar; Farias,Izeni P.; B.,Donald C. Taphorn; Landines,Miguel; Hrbek,Tomas. |
| The arowanas, fishes of Gondwanan origin, are represented in South America by the genus Osteoglossum. All species were initially reported as being exclusive to the Amazon region, with O. ferreirai restricted to the Negro River basin and O. bicirrhosum to the Amazon and Essequibo Rivers basin. Starting in the mid 1970's it was reported that O. ferreirai also occurs in the Orinoco River basin. In all regions the arowanas assumed significant socio-economic importance due to their popularity in the international ornamental fish trade, leading to over-exploitation of both species in some areas. The Orinoco populations are particularly heavily exploited, and thus conservation and management measures are needed. Both depend on the clarification of taxonomic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aruana; Biological introduction; Black arowana; Silver arowana. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000200335 |
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