The first record of cubera snapper Lutjanus cyanopterus culture in Brazil
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The Brazilian marine fish culture probably began in the seventeenth century, during the Dutch government of Maurice of Nassau, in Pernambuco, when the activity was introduced in the region. At that time, snook (Centropomus sp), mullet ́s (Mugil sp) and “carapebas” (Eugerres sp and Diapterus sp) were cultivated extensively inside tide ponds (Cavalli and Hamilton 2007). According to Brugger (1995) the first research on marine fishes in Brazil started in the mid 70’s by researchers at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, studying about mullets. It is worth mentioning the pioneering studies on real-grouper, initiated in 1980 by the researchers Eduardo Fagundes Netto and Daniel Benetti at the Navy Research Office, Instituto de Pesquisas da Marinha, in Arraial do Cabo/RJ (Fagundes Netto and Benetti, 1984). Currently, many research centers, including Instituto de Pesca/SP, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina/ SC, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande/RS, Universidade Federal do Ceará/CE, have groups dedicated to the study of marine fish with potential to be cultured. The most studied specimens in Brazil are snooks (Centropomus parallelus e C. undecimalis), flounders (Paralichthys orbignyanus), dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) and snappers (Lutjanus synagris e Lutjanus analis). The Lutjanidae is a family composed of 17 genera and approximately 103 species of mostly reef-dwelling marine fishes, collectively known as snappers (Allen 1985). Within this family, 64 species compose the genus Lutjanus (Figueiredo and Menezes 2000). It is Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus): the giant member of Lutjanidae family in Brazil.
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