BIOMONITORAMENTO DO RIO CATOLÉ GRANDE, BA, POR MEIO DA AVALIAÇÃO DE DANOS GENÉTICOS NOS ERITRÓCITOS DE HOPLIAS MALABARICUS (BLOCH, 1794) (CHARACIFORMES, ERYTHRINIDAE)

AbstractFive species of Urocleidoides (one new) and two new species of Constrictoanchoratus n. gen. are described in this study. All were collected from the gills of Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) captured in six localities of coastal rivers of the north-eastern sector the State of Pará (Oriental Amazon): Urocleidoides brasiliensis Rosim, Mendoza-Franco & Luque, 2011; Urocleidoides bulbophallus n. sp.; Urocleidoides cuiabai Rosim, Mendoza-Franco & Luque, 2011; Urocleidoides eremitus Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986; Urocleidoides malabaricusi Rosim, Mendoza-Franco & Luque, 2011; Constrictoanchoratus lemmyi n. gen. n. sp.; and Constrictoanchoratus ptilonophallus n. gen. n. sp. This is the first reported occurrence of the four previously described species of Urocleidoides parasitizing H. malabaricus from streams in the Oriental Amazon Basin. The analysis of voucher specimens of U. eremitus parasitizing the gills of H. malabaricus from the Upper Paraná River floodplain in the limits of States of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, indicates that these specimens are members of a new species of Urocleidoides, described here as Urocleidoides paranae n. sp. Constrictoanchoratus n. gen. is proposed for the species with a male copulatory organ sclerotized, coiled, clockwise; ventral anchor with elongate superficial root, inconspicuous deep root; dorsal anchor with inconspicuous roots, and a constriction at the intersection between the shaft and the point. The host–parasite diversity scenario and host specificity of the species of Constrictoanchoratus n. gen. and Urocleidoides from the gills of H. malabaricus are also discussed in this study.

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Basic cytogenetics and physical mapping of 5S and 18S ribosomal genes in Hoplias malabaricus (Osteichthyes, Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from isolated natural lagoons: a conserved karyomorph along the Iguaçu river basin

Comparative Cytogenetics ◽

10.3897/compcytogen.v8i3.7084 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 211-222

Author(s):

Vladimir Margarido ◽

Gisele Gemi ◽

Roberto Lui ◽

Fernando Treco ◽

Leonardo Paiz ◽

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Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Physical Mapping ◽

Ribosomal Genes ◽

Hoplias Malabaricus ◽

Iguaçu River

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Ureotelism is inducible in the neotropical freshwater Hoplias malabaricus (Teleostei, Erythrinidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842004000200012 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 265-271 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

G. Moraes ◽

V. L. P. Polez

Keyword(s):

Specific Activity ◽

Excretion Rate ◽

Nitrogen Excretion ◽

Urea Synthesis ◽

Plasma Ammonia ◽

Alkaline Water ◽

Hoplias Malabaricus ◽

Urea Excretion ◽

Ammonia Transport ◽

In The Wild

Increased environmental pH decreases ammonia transport through the gills, impairing nitrogenous waste. The consequent toxicity is usually drastic to most fishes. A few species are able to synthesize urea as a way to detoxify plasma ammonia. We studied three teleosts of the family Erythrinidae living in distinct environments, and assumed the biochemical behaviors would be different in spite of their being closely related species. Adult fish collected in the wild were submitted to alkaline water and the urea excretion rate was determined. The specific activity of urea cycle enzymes was determined in liver samples of fish from neutral waters. The studied species Hoplias lacerdae, Hoplerithrynus unitaeniatus, and Hoplias malabaricus are ureogenic. Urea synthesis is not a metabolic way to detoxify ammonia in H. lacerdae and Hoplerithrynus unitaeniatus exposed to an alkaline environment. The plasma ammonia profile of both species showed two distinct biochemical responses. Urea excretion of H. malabaricus was high in alkaline water, and the transition to ureotelism is proposed. The nitrogen excretion rate of H. malabaricus was among the highest values reported and the high urea excretion leads us to include this species as ureotelic in alkaline water.

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Digenea of Hoplias intermedius and Hoplias malabaricus (Actinopterygii, Erythrinidae) from upper São Francisco River, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ◽

10.1590/s1984-29612015038 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 129-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Danielle Priscilla Correia Costa ◽

Cassandra Moraes Monteiro ◽

Marilia Carvalho Brasil-Sato

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Feeding Habits ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

New Host ◽

Hoplias Malabaricus ◽

Parasitic Fauna ◽

Sao Francisco River ◽

São Francisco River ◽

New Location

A total of 103 specimens of Hoplias intermedius (Günther, 1864) and 86 specimens of H. malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) from the upper São Francisco River, State of Minas Gerais were collected between April 2011 and August 2013, and their parasitic fauna were investigated. Four species of Digenea were found: metacercariae of Austrodiplostomum sp., and Ithyoclinostomum sp.; and adult specimens of Phyllodistomum spatula Odhner, 1902, and Pseudosellacotyla lutzi (Freitas, 1941) Yamaguti, 1954. The prevalence of the metacercariae was higher than that of the adult digeneans of erythrinids from the upper São Francisco River as a result of piscivorous feeding habits of these adult erythrinids. The presence of metacercariae and adult digeneans indicate that they act as intermediate and definitive hosts, respectively, in their biological cycles. Hoplias intermedius is a new host for the four species of Digenea, and the São Francisco River basin is a new location for the known geographical distributions of P. spatula and P. lutzi.

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Amino acids and carbohydrates absorption by Na+-dependent transporters in the pyloric ceca of Hoplias malabaricus (Erythrinidae)

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/s0103-84782001000500009 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 31 (5) ◽

pp. 793-797 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vania Lucia Pimentel Vieira ◽

Bernardo Baldisserotto

Keyword(s):

Amino Acids ◽

Optimal Growth ◽

Serosal Side ◽

Carbohydrate Absorption ◽

Hoplias Malabaricus ◽

Main Site ◽

Adequate Diet ◽

Mucosal Side ◽

Pyloric Ceca

Information about amino acids and carbohydrate absorption in fish is important to formulate an adequate diet to obtain optimal growth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate if Na+-dependent transporters are involved on the absorption of glycine, L-glutamine, L-leucine, L-lysine, L-proline, L-alanine, and the carbohydrates fructose and glucose in the pyloric ceca of Hoplias malabaricus. The pyloric ceca were mounted in a system of continuous perfusion "in vitro". Amino acids and carbohydrates were placed on the mucosal side at concentrations of 10, 20, and 40mM. The serosal side of the pyloric ceca was positive in relation to the mucosal side. The addition of glycine, L-glutamine, L-leucine, L-lysine, L-proline (all tested concentrations), and glucose (at concentrations of 20 and 40mM) increased the positivity of the serosal side, indicating the presence of Na+-dependent transporters in the absorption of these substances. L-alanine and fructose did not change the positivity of the serosal side. The pyloric ceca seem to be the main site of nutrient absorption in the digestive tract of H. malabaricus.

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A new sympatric region for distinct karyotypic forms of Hoplias malabaricus (Pisces, Erythrinidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842006000200004 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 66 (1b) ◽

pp. 205-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

G. G. Born ◽

L. A. C. Bertollo

Keyword(s):

Sex Difference ◽

Sex Chromosomes ◽

Diploid Number ◽

Sex Chromosome ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Male Specimen ◽

Hoplias Malabaricus ◽

Sex Chromosome System ◽

Sympatric Cytotypes

Specimens of Hoplias malabaricus from Lagoa Carioca, an isolated lake of the Rio Doce State Park (state of Minas Gerais, Brazil), were cytogenetically studied. The diploid number was found to be constant, i.e., 2n = 42 chromosomes, although two karyotypic forms were found: karyotype A, characterized by 22M + 20SM chromosomes, observed only in a male specimen, and karyotype B, characterized by 24M + 16SM + 2ST and 24M + 17SM + 1ST chromosomes in female and male specimens, respectively. This sex difference found in karyotype B is related to an XX/XY sex chromosome system. Another female specimen of H. malabaricus, also carrying karyotype A, had previously been found in the same lake. The available data indicate that two sympatric cytotypes of H. malabaricus exist in the Lagoa Carioca, with cytotype A occurring at a lower frequency and differing from cytotype B by undifferentiated sex chromosomes.

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DESCRIPCIÓN DE QUADRIGYRUS MACHADOI (FABIO, 1983) (ACANTHOCEPHALA, QUADRIGYRIDAE) EN PECES NATIVOS DE HUMEDALES ASOCIADOS AL RIO SAN JAVIER, SANTA FE, ARGENTINA

Neotropical Helminthology ◽

10.24039/rnh201372976 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Silvina B. Chemes ◽

Romina G. Brusa

Keyword(s):

Santa Fe ◽

Hoplias Malabaricus ◽

El Sistema ◽

Distribución Geográfica ◽

Pimelodus Maculatus

Con el objeto de estudiar la interacción hospedador-parásito en peces nativos del Sistema Paraná Medio, Santa Fe, Argentina, se analizaron los tractos digestivos de 64 ejemplares de Hoplias malabaricus (Pisces, Erythrinidae) y 70 de Pimelodus maculatus (Pisces, Pimelodidae), especies autóctonas de importancia económica y deportiva. Los peces fueron obtenidos de dos ambientes leníticos asociados al río San Javier, Cayastá, Santa Fe, Argentina. Luego de la disección de los tractos digestivos, se buscaron los parásitos bajo microscopía estereoscópica, los cuales fueron colectados y conservados en alcohol al 70% para luego identificarlos taxonómicamente y describirlos. En intestino de ambos hospedadores, se determinaron 69 ejemplares de Quadrigyrus machadoi (Acanthocephala, Quadrigyridae), registrados por primera vez en el Sistema Paraná Medio. Se determinó la prevalencia parasitaria para cada caso (P= 20,31 %, H. malabaricus; P= 28,6 %, P. maculatus) y se realizó una descripción ampliada del ictioparásito. Este trabajo amplía la distribución geográfica de Q. machadoi, para ambos hospedadores, así como un aporte al conocimiento de los ictioparásitos asociados a la fauna íctica regional.

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