dc.creatorBritz, Ralf
dc.creatorToledo-Piza, Mônica
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-29T13:59:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T16:02:26Z
dc.date.available2013-10-29T13:59:37Z
dc.date.available2018-07-04T16:02:26Z
dc.date.created2013-10-29T13:59:37Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierNEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY, SAO PAULO, v. 10, n. 3, pp. 593-599, JUL-SEP, 2012
dc.identifier1679-6225
dc.identifierhttp://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/36315
dc.identifier10.1590/S1679-62252012000300013 
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252012000300013
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1630806
dc.description.abstractThe egg surface structure of Thalassophryne amazonica, a freshwater toadfish from the Amazon basin is described. Eggs of this species show a remarkable, highly unusual system of parallel ridges and intermittent grooves that originate at the equator of the egg and lead to the micropylar pit, at which they end in a spiralling pattern. A similar egg surface structure has so far been described only from a group of Asian anabantoid percomorphs, obviously not closely related to Thalassophryne. This egg surface pattern may enhance fertilization success by guiding sperm to the micropyle. We review museum records for T amazonica, present an updated map of its occurrence in the Amazon basin, and provide information on its habitat.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSOC BRASILEIRA ICTIOLOGIA
dc.publisherSAO PAULO
dc.relationNEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY
dc.rightsCopyright SOC BRASILEIRA ICTIOLOGIA
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectEGG ATTACHMENT
dc.subjectFISH REPRODUCTION
dc.subjectMICROPYLAR APPARATUS
dc.subjectUPPER AMAZON
dc.subjectZONA RADIATA
dc.titleEgg surface structure of the freshwater toadfish Thalassophryne amazonica (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) with information on its distribution and natural habitat
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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