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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 ...
Review of the large catfish fisheries in the upper Amazon and the stock depletion of piraiba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum Lichtenstein)
(Springer, 2004-01-01)
In this paper we describe the present status of the large migratory catfish fisheries in the Upper Amazon. We present biological information about the main species and we give strong evidence that the stock of piraiba ...
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 ...
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 ...