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

Augusto Zanatta; Francisco Langeani; Igor Ramos; Reinaldo Silva; Edmir Carvalhoh

doi:10.15560/6.4.589

Check List 6(4): 589-591, doi: 10.15560/6.4.589

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

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

Corresponding author: Augusto Zanatta ( zanattaaugusto@yahoo.com.br )

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Citation: Zanatta A, Langeani F, Ramos I, Silva R, Carvalhoh E (2016) Pisces, Siluriformes, Ictaluridae, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818): first record in middle Paranapanema river reservoir, aquaculture and exotic species dispersion. Check List 6(4): 589-591. 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.

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