Feeding habits and habitat use of three sympatric piranha species in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Carvalho, Lucélia Nobre ^a,b   Arruda, Rafael ^b   Raizer, Josué ^a   Del Claro, Kleber ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYGOCENTRUS NATTERERI; SERRASALMUS; SERRASALMUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 34547327893     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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