| orientatractis moraveci n. sp. and rondonia rondoni travassos, 1920 (nematoda: atractidae), parasites of pimelodus blochii (osteichthyes, pimelodidae) from the acre and xapuri rivers, western amazon, brazil. | the fish fauna in the state of acre represents 10·7% of all fish species recorded from brazil, but, despite this, there are few fish parasite studies in this area. the recent expansion of fish farming in acre prompted a need for helminthological studies of the most commonly consumed fish species in the area, pimelodus blochii (pimelodidae). the aim of this study was to analyse the helminth fauna of p. blochii from the acre and xapuri rivers in northwestern brazil. numerous nematodes were collect ... | 2017 | 27748229 |
| the philometrid nematode philometroides acreanensis n. sp. from the stomach wall of the catfish pimelodus blochii in north-western brazil. | a new nematode species, philometroides acreanensis n. sp. (philometridae), is described from female specimens recovered from the stomach wall of the freshwater catfish pimelodus blochii valenciennes (pimelodidae) collected in the acre river (amazon river basin), acre state, brazil. based on examination by light and scanning electron microscopy, the new species differs from the two other south american congeneric species mainly in the body length of the gravid female (240-280 mm), the length of t ... | 2017 | 28274281 |