Biologia alimentar de Steindachnerina brevipinna (Characiformes, Curimatidae) do rio Ibicuí-mirim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Feeding biology of Steindachnerina brevipinna (Characiformes, Curimatidae) in the Ibicuí-mirim river, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Autor: Júlia Giora, Clarice B. Fialho
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Iheringia: Série Zoologia, Vol 93, Iss 3, Pp 277-281 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0073-4721
1678-4766
DOI: 10.1590/S0073-47212003000300007
Popis: The feeding biology of Steindachnerina brevipinna (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) is described based on specimens collected in the Ibicuí-Mirim river, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from April 2001 to March 2002. Diet description is based on the analysis of the frequency of occurrence and index of dietary importance of the ingested items. The monthly variation of stomach repletion, hepatosomatic and intestinal indexes was also analyzed. Major feeding activity occurred before (May, June and July 2001) the reproductive period, with the hepatosomatic index values showing similar variation along the year. Both the mean intestinal quotient and the analysis of the main ingested items (Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta algae) indicate a detritivorous diet.
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