Pisces, Siluriformes, Ictaluridae, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818): first record in middle Paranapanema river reservoir, aquaculture and exotic species dispersion

By

Zanatta, Augusto Seawright
Ramos, Igor Paiva
Silva, Reinaldo José da
Langeani Neto, Francisco
Carvalhoh, Edmir Daniel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010-10-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

6

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

589--591

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.589

 

Abstract

This is the first report of Ictalurus punctatus in the middle Paranapanema river basin; the occurrence of this species may be associated with the expansion of pisciculture in cage farms in the Brazilian territory as a whole.