The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural HistoryRivers floodplains, and flooded forests of the Amazon; Fish diversity in the Amazon; The nature of fish migrations in the Rio Madeira basin; The fruit - and seed-eating large characins; The seed-, fruit-, and leaf-eating pacu characins; Fruits, seeds, insects, and the pectoral fin: an account of Triportheus; Piranhas; Characins of the family Anostomidae; Midwater and surface "scaled" predators that swallow their prey whole; Catfishes; The bony-tongues or osteoglossids; Interactions of fishes with fruits and seeds; Amazon fishes and their foods. |
Contents
THE SEED FRUIT AND LEAFEATING PACU | 5 |
RIVERS FLOODPLAINS AND FLOODED FORESTS | 10 |
FISH DIVERSITY IN THE AMAZON | 28 |
THE NATURE OF FISH MIGRATIONS IN THE | 40 |
THE FRUIT AND SEEDEATING LARGE CHARACINS | 55 |
PIRANHAS | 153 |
CHARACINS OF THE FAMILY ANOSTOMIDAE | 171 |
CATFISHES | 187 |
THE BONYTONGUES OR OSTEOGLOSSIDS | 209 |
INTERACTIONS OF FISHES WITH FRUITS | 217 |
AMAZON FISHES AND THEIR FOODS | 233 |
CONCLUSIONS | 252 |
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Common terms and phrases
Alchornea alevins Amazon Basin appear Astrocaryum jauary biomass black piranha blackwater Brachyplatystoma captured catfishes caught Characidae characins cichlids clearwater cm SL dentition detritus Dominance Total Volume eaten ecological Euphorbiaceae exploited fishermen fleshy fruits flooded forests floodplain floodplain lakes food fishes Food Item Occurrence fork length fruits and seeds genera genus gillnets Hevea spruceana high water period intestines invertebrates Item Occurrence Dominance jatuarana large characins Leporinus levees low water period low water season Machado flooded forests masticated Mean Fullness migrations migratory characins Moraceae Myleus Mylossoma cf nut wall nutrient poor tributaries Occurrence Dominance Total pacu percent Pimelodidae plant material Porto Velho prey probably Rio Machado Rio Machado flooded Rio Madeira Rio Madeira basin Rio Negro Schizodon seed predators seed species Serrasalmus spawning specimens standard length stomach contents Stomach-content analyses studied tambaqui taxa teeth terra firme tion turbid water rivers upstream water level waterbodies young fish