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Biometric relationships between body size and otolith size in 15 demersal marine fish species from the northern Brazilian coast
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2019-12) OLIVEIRA, Rory Romero de Sena; ANDRADE, Marcelo Costa; MACHADO, Fabiola Seabra; CUNHA, Élida Jesana Santana; FREITAS, Flaviane Souto de; KLAUTAU, Alex Garcia Cavalleiro de Macedo; GIARRIZZO, Tommaso; SAINT-PAUL, Ulrich
The relationships between fish size and sagitta otolith measurements were calculated for the first time for 15 species belonging to six families from the northern Brazilian coast. A total of 220 fish were sampled from the bycatch landed by the bottom-trawl industrial shrimp-fishing fleet between August and September 2016. All species had strong relationships between otolith measurements and fish total length with the coefficient of determination (r 2) ranging between 0.71 and 0.99. The variable most strongly related to fish total length was found to be the sagittal otolith length (OL) with 98% of the variability. These relationships are a useful tool to estimate length and mass of preyed fish from otoliths found in stomach contents of marine predators.
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Low levels of genetic diversity depicted from mitochondrial DNA sequences in a heavily exploited marine fish (Cynoscion acoupa, Sciaenidae) from the Northern coast of Brazil
(2008) RODRIGUES, Rosa Maria da Silva; SCHNEIDER, Horacio; SILVA, Simoni Santos da; SOUZA, Marcelo Nazareno Vallinoto de; SAINT-PAUL, Ulrich; SAMPAIO, Maria Iracilda da Cunha
The acoupa weakfish (Cynoscion acoupa - Sciaenidae) is a marine species of croaker with estuarine-dependent behavior, found in the western Atlantic from Panama to Argentina. It is one of the most exploited food fish on the northern coast of Brazil. In this study, DNA sequences were determined from the entire control region (D-loop) of the mitochondrial genome of 297 individuals collected during seven different months between December 2003 and August 2005 on the northern coast of Brazil (Amapá and Pará). Genetic variability expressed by haplotype (h = 0,892) and nucleotide (p = 0,003) diversities were low compared to other heavily exploited marine fish species from the western Atlantic and eastern Asia. AMOVA depicted a lack of genetic structuring among the samples from different years, indicating the presence of a single stock of C. acoupa within the sample area. The possible reasons for the low levels of genetic diversity are discussed. These results demonstrate a need for the monitoring of C. acoupa harvesting and the preservation of the estuaries within its geographic range, considering that this large fish depends on estuarine ecosystems during part of its life cycle.