Check List 10(6): 1260-1263, doi: 10.15560/10.6.1260
Fishes collected with an artisanal fish trap in Barra de Camaratuba estuary, northeastern Brazil
Tayná Oliveira Martins‡, Ana Lúcia Vendel‡‡ Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Brazil
Corresponding author: Ana Vendel ( analuciavendel@gmail.com ) © 2017 Tayná Martins, Ana Vendel. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Vendel A, Martins T (2014) Fishes collected with an artisanal fish trap in Barra de Camaratuba estuary, northeastern Brazil. Check List 10(6): 1260-1263. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.6.1260 |  |
Abstract
A list of the species of fishes collected in the Barra de Camaratuba estuary, Paraiba, Brazil, is presented.Specimens were collected on a monthly basis between January and December 2012, using a fishing technique known locally as “Tomada”, an artisanal fish trap like a barrier. Forty species were collected, belonging to 27 genera and 20 families of the Teleostei. The Gerreidae was the most representative family, with 6 species, followed by the Lutjanidae and Tetraodontidae, with four species each.
Keywords
fish; ichthyofauna