Diet composition of the electric eelElectrophorus voltai(Pisces: Gymnotidae) in the Brazilian Amazon region

Autor(es)

Oliveira, Marcos S. B. ^[1] ; Mendes-Junior, Raimundo N. G. ^[2] ; Tavares-Dias, Marcos ^{[3, 1]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Amapa, Postgrad Program Trop Biodivers PPGBio, Macapa - Brazil

^[2] Chico Mendes Inst Biodivers Conservat ICMBio, Macapa - Brazil

^[3] Embrapa Amapa, Macapa - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of Fish Biology; v. 97, n. 4 AUG 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The diet composition of the electric eelElectrophorus voltaiwas studied in specimens collected from the River Jari, state of Amapa, eastern Amazon region, Brazil. Analysis on their stomach contents revealed that fish, especiallyMegalechis thoracata, were the most frequent prey item, whereas arthropods and plant material were the least frequent intakes. This is the first stomach content analysis onE. voltai, and it corroborates that electric eel species are piscivorous. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/19075-9 - Diversidade e evolução de Gymnotiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi)
• Beneficiário: Naercio Aquino Menezes
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático