EATING HABITS: ARE WE SAFE TO CONSUME FRESHWATER PUFFER FISH FROM THE AMAZON REGION IN BRAZIL? Colomesus asellus (Müller and Troschel, 1848) is an Amazonian freshwater puffer
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A New Cryptic Species of South American Freshwater Pufferfish of the Genus Colomesus (Tetraodontidae), Based on Both Morphology and DNA Data
The Tetraodontidae are an Acantomorpha fish family with circumglobal distribution composed of 189 species grouped in 19 genera, occurring in seas, estuaries, and rivers between the tropical and temperate regions. Of these, the genus Colomesus is confined to South America, with what have been up to now considered only two species. C. asellus is spread over the entire Amazon, Tocantins-Araguaia d...
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