BACKGROUND Artisanal fishery is one of the most important economic activities for human populations living in coastal areas. The traditional knowledge that fishermen have of fishes is of utmost importance for the establishment of conservation strategies for many species. This study aimed to analyse the knowledge of and utilization of fishes by the artisanal fishermen in a fishing community on t...

In this study, we investigated differences in feeding habits of small-sized ichthyofauna among lateral lagoons and the river channel in a large reservoir. The study was performed in four lagoons and in one sampling site of the main channel in Rosana Reservoir, Paranapanema River, Brazil. The samples were taken in September and November of 2004 and in January, March, May, and August of 2005. Fis...

Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat, 1995, with its recent synonym S. birdsong Watson, 1996, is recorded from widely separated locations in the Western Pacific, including Papua and Halmahera eastern Indonesia. We collected a single specimen of male Bohi River, Banggai District, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia 2019; this represents first record Sulawesi, largest island Wallacea bio...

Caspian trout is an arctic immigrant, endemic, and a subspecies of bull-trout that lives in the northern waters Russian Federation. There are three fish populations Caspian: Kura, Terek Samur. Kura most numerous population, contrast to [6] separated Samur into separate subspecies, calling it Ciscaucasian (Salmo trutta ciscaucasicus). Consequently, two Salmo currently live basin. The third descr...

Abstract: This study sought to identify the ichthyofauna composition of Muzambinho River, an upland tributary Paraná River. We also investigate whether waterfalls in region can serve as barriers dispersal fish species. For this purpose, collections were carried out at 34 points on River using different techniques. In all, 37 species recorded, some which endemic, and majority native. Among these...