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Marine catfish sting causing fatal heart perforation in a fisherman
(2008-06-19)
Many marine catfish have serrated bony stings (spines), which are used in defense against predators, on the dorsal and pectoral fins. While catfish-induced injuries are generally characterized by the pain associated with ...
Injuries caused by the venomous catfish pintado and cachara (Pseudoplatystoma genus) in fishermen of the Pantanal region in Brazil
(Acad Brasileira De Ciencias, 2016-09-01)
INTRODUCTION: the fishing activity throughout the Upper Paraguay River Basin has huge financial and biological importance. This retrospective study investigated the occurrence of injuries caused by fish of the Pseudoplatystoma ...
Diagnostic imaging of injuries caused by venomous and traumatogenic catfish
(Soc Brasileira Medicina Tropical, 2016-07-01)
Injuries caused by fish are common in marine and freshwater environments. Catfish of the Ariidae and Pimelodidae families cause about 80% of those injuries. One of the complications of injuries caused by fish is the retention ...
Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for farmed channel catfish
(Blackwell Publishing, 2007-08-01)
The reference intervals for biochemical variables and red blood cell indices of healthy intensively bred channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus were determined. The blood variables were determined using standardized clinical ...
The scent of stress: Pintado catfish differentially respond to chemical cues from stressed conspecifics
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012-01-01)
We examined whether pintado catfish (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) can discriminate between scents of non-injured conspecifics stressed by a predator or by confinement and how fish use this information in the trade-off ...
Puncture wounds by driftwood catfish during bucket baths: Local habits of riverside people and fish natural history in the Amazon
(2005-12-23)
Objective. - To assess the prevalence of stings by small spiny driftwood catfish (carataí) of the genus Centromochlus (Auchenipteridae) accidentally caught in buckets during bucket bathing by riverside people along the ...
Frequency and gravity of human envenomations caused by marine catfish (suborder siluroidei): a clinical and epidemiological study
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-06-15)
Introduction and objectives: Catfish occur in marine and freshwater environments worldwide. They have three serrated venomous bony stings in the dorsal and pectoral fins that are used for defence against predators and are ...
Female pintado catfish choose well-fed males
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2010-01-01)
This study tested the preference of pintado catfish females (Pseudoplatystoma coruscans) for associating with well-fed or food-deprived males in simultaneous choice tests. Females were tested under three different treatments ...
Life strategies of some long-distance migratory catfish in relation to hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Basin
(1991-12-01)
In this paper, we present evidence that the long-distance migratory catfish Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, B. flavicans, B. vaillantii, Goslinia platynema and Lithodoras dorsalis spawn in the headstreams of the Amazon river ...